Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture.

The world's a better place since I chose music.

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.

A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting.

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.

When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater.

There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.

If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.

I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.