If I Had A Ghost Living On

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

Ideally The Point Of Music Is Community, Not The Player. Musicians Are Simply Channels To Link The Audience To The Music And To Each Other.

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

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.'

The Biggest Sacrifice To Me Is To Not Be In An Atmosphere Where I Can Keep Writing And Moving Forward.