[Jazz musicians] couldn't cut rock. I had to be more limited and specific about what I was doing.

I wanted to find out why I wasn't getting off on what I was doing and try and make some sense out of the evolution of it.

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

The idea [of A Period of Transition album] was to get a break from everything for a while because I've been doing it for so long. I started doing it when I was 12.

I educated myself. To me, school was boring.

Enlightenment, don't know what it is. It's up to you, the way you think.

You can call it nostalgia, I don't mind Standing on that windswept hillside Listening to the church bells chime Listen to the church bells chime In that magic time.