My Ego Only Needs A Good Rhythm

Play What You Know And Then Play Above That

Maybe You Play A Melody Twice. You Play It Once Like You Like It, And Some Parts That You Don't Like You Can Just Switch. An Eight-bar Motive - You Can Just Take It And Put It In The Front Or Back Or Something Like That. It Can Save You 50 Or 60 Or 70,000 Dollars, A Drum Machine. That's Why Everybody Uses It.

In High School I Was Best In Music Class On The Trumpet, But The Prizes Went To The Boys With Blue Eyes. I Made Up My Mind To Outdo Anybody White On My Horn.

That Was My Gift . . . Having The Ability To Put Certain Guys Together That Would Create A Chemistry And Then Letting Them Go; Letting Them Play What They Knew, And Above It.

The Only Reason To Write A New Song Is Because You're Tired Of The Old Ones.