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Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.

For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me.

There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.

When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people's personalities and individual energies.

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.

I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.

Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.

Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.