Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?

Francis Ford Coppola is completely unconventional. He has a strong sense of loyalty. Great eyes. It's a diabolical undertaking in terms of organization and leadership.

I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox.

It's hard to win when you always lose.

What you want is for music to love you back. That's why you pay your dues. You want to feel like you belong and are part of this symbiosis, metamorphosis, whatever you want to call it.

It's the same with men as with horses and dogs, nothing wants to die.

I never looked at music as a serious ven­ture. There was very little encouragement from my family. I didn't have anybody to entertain, so it was hard to get motivated.