What I Try To Do Is Produce

Let's Say You Have Some Chicken Stock And You're Making Soup, And Out Of Everything You Can Taste, Some Of The Things You Put In And Some Of The Things You Don't. So You Start Out With An African Spice Then You Hear Some Brazilian Music, So Then It Changes. Then You Hear Jamaican And It Changes Again. And The Result Depends On How Much Of Each Spice You Put Into It. Now, I've Been Putting In Spices Since I Started Playing Professionally In 1945.

Think About It: Look At The Strides Of Awareness And Treatment And Tests That Women Have Had With Breast Cancer, That The Gay Community Has Had With Aids, Because They're Active And They Talk About It.

What I Try To Do Is Produce An Atmosphere Where Musicians Want To Invest In What They Do And Give To The Recording. I Hire Those Musicians Who I Know Will Play Something Creative And Interesting.

I Had Sat In One Day In Central Park With Bonnie And Delaney, And Duane Was Playing With Them, So I Asked If He Wanted To Work On An Album. You Never Had To Say To Him How To Play The Guitar.

The Reality Is That What You Find Out Is That Your Head Is The Medicine. If Your Head Is Not In The Right Place And You Don't Think Positively, All The Medicine Technology In The World Is Not Going To Work.