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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

If you invest in something a little more expensive with longevity, you'll use it more.

One thing I have throughout my career, it felt like I did my best to align myself with quality artists, quality work, and it is a situation of steel sharpening steel.

Whether I'm playing right now or not, I still have an opportunity to get better in practice. It's like sharpening my blade.

Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future.

I collect old rusty hand tools and sharpen and polish them, then use them to build things out of walnut and cherry that I harvest from fallen trees in the woods.

There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.

I'll just say it: I'm not the sharpest tool in the box. Being forced to go back to school is still a fear of mine.

The thought of making work that's easily consumed and quickly forgotten - what's the point? I want my work to be cohesive, to age and improve like old leather.

I have a thing for tools.