The most fun is to play clubs, because you actually get to see the people.

Yes, alas, I've been on some recording sessions where the music wasn't good. Not so many, really, considering how many I've done. It's a very awkward situation because to do a recording well you focus on the positive of what will make the piece better.

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.

Like many musicians, I don't look back much... only concentrate on what music I'm doing, and occasionally look ahead.

I'm in that comfortable niche where I'm not that famous and sometimes people do need to put a barrier between them and their followers. When you're real famous you need to do that but I'm not that famous so I don't need that kind of barrier.

Victor Wooten is the Carlos Castaneda of music

I'm a player and I do it because I love playing whether it's for my album or someone else's.