I'm pretty proud of everything I've done.

I'm not Stravinsky, I never will be.

I feel qualified and competent to try anything that's thrown my way because I don't have to be a success. I can just try.

I don't know where I'm going, and I don't care where I'm going. As long as I can just do it.

I really think kids should understand that music is like learning the alphabet. You put small letters together to make words, and then you use these words to create a story, but with music. And they really need to know how to mix and match those letters and how to come up with something that is really interesting, or speak in metaphors as poets do to show us something maybe we didn't think about.

The first time I ever went to Chicago was with Zappa and I had a fantastic experiences with him and every other band I've played with. It's a great music town.

You stick your nose in the dirt until you find something that smells good.