Man, There's No Boundary Line To Art!

You've Got To Learn Your Instrument. Then, You Practice, Practice, Practice. And Then, When You Finally Get Up There On The Bandstand, Forget All That And Just Wail.

When I First Heard Music, I Thought It Should Be Very Clean, Very Precise. Something That People Could Understand, Something That Was Beautiful.

Any Musician Who Says He Is Playing Better Either On Tea, The Needle, Or When He Is Juiced, Is A Plain, Straight Liar. When I Get Too Much To Drink, I Can't Even Finger Well, Let Alone Play Decent Ideas. You Can Miss The Most Important Years Of Your Life, The Years Of Possible Creation.

Some Guys Said 'here's Bop!' Wham! They Said, 'here's Something We Can Make Money On!' Wham! 'here's A Comedian!' Wham! Here's A Guy Who Talks Funny Talk!'

I Realized By Using The High Notes Of The Chords As A Melodic Line, And By The Right Harmonic Progression, I Could Play What I Heard Inside Me. That's When I Was Born.