The job of the jazz people is to take it as far as it will go and that's what they're doing. But in the process of taking it out there, there has to be some times when they're not getting it right. It all depends on what you dig. I personally don't think the fusion of jazz with the heaviness of rock is working.

Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.

I felt kind of bored at the prospect of writing some more of my own songs because I really wasn't saying what I wanted to say.

It's the same thing as a primitive of Africans, Indians, nomads or whatever - when they start getting up and doing their ritual and doing the dance, it's just what's coming through. It's the spirit. Rock 'n' roll is still primitive.

If you're putting somebody down, you're doing it because you're just seeing a part of yourself that you don't like. That's all that is.

I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

Once in a blue moon someone like you comes along.