When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the distance or the separation that there is now.

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

Like I said, basically I'm a rocker. That's about it. Things that I've done away from that-branches that I've gotten into off of that - are just other streams, other things that I can do.

These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.

I wrote a couple of songs that had gypsy references in them. The only reason it happened was because that's what was coming through and I liked the idea at that period of time. But that doesn't mean that it's a myth or that I'm a gypsy. It's gotten totally out of context.

I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

I'll tell you what does impress me: the fact that a lot of the cats who were our idols are still out there doing it. That impresses me very much.