After two takes you're imitating yourself.

Everyone is influenced by everybody but you bring it down home the way you feel it.

Miles'd got killed if he hit me.

I made the wrong mistakes

I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing - even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years.

I compose my pieces with a formula that I created myself.

Those who want to know what sound goes into my music should come to NY and open their ears.