“Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.”

“A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you listen, anybody with an ear can hear that. Music is always changing. It changes because of the times and the technology that's available, the material that things are made of, like plastic cars instead of steel. So when you hear an accident today it sounds different, not all the metal colliding like it was in the forties and fifties. Musicians pick up sounds and incorporate that into their playing, so the music that they make will be different.”

“For me, music and life are all about style.”

“Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.”

“Music is an addiction.”

“I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me “a legend”.(…) A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.”

“It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.”