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Music Is A Spiritual Expression Of What's In Your Heart. Music As A Way Of Getting Rich Is A Pretty New Thing, And I Often Wonder If The Mega-bucks Glitzy Atmosphere Is Making The Quality Of Music Suffer. You Have To Work Really Hard To Get Around That And Remember Why You're In It In The First Place: Because You Have To Be. It's Like An Addiction. You Can't Go A Day Without Picking Up Your Guitar. To Me, The Only Commercial Goals That Are Really Valid Are, 'boy, I Wish I Didn't Have To Go To Work. I Wish I Could Do This All The Time.'

What Happens If You Start Drawing Squares? Well, I'd Say The Answer To That Is, Don't Get Famous For Drawing Circles.

Swing Will Never Sound As Good As It Did In The '40s.

Set The Gearshift For The High Gear Of Your Soul. You've Got To Run Like An Antelope, Out Of Control.

I've Always Loved Musical Theater. It's A Bit Of A Family Tradition.