“If I can understand what’s going onin the world, I can understand what’s going on inside myself”

“This is what I wanted. If I believe I will win then victory will believe in me. No life is complete without a touch of madness, or to use J.'s words. What I need to do is reconquer my kingdom. If I can understand what's going on in the world, I can understand what's going on inside myself.”

“Talking of his relationship with Jarrett, DeJohnette says, “I love him because, as a pianist and drummer myself, I can identify with him … the concept of what to ignore, what to leave in, what to leave out… we intuitively understand that … that’s why when we play together… we never know what’s going to happen, but we always get something happening that turns us on.”

“So what’s wrong if there happens to be one guy in the world who enjoys trying to understand you?”

“You never really know what’s going on inside Tony Iommi’s head. He’s the total opposite of me, in other words: no one’s ever in any doubt about what’s going on in the pile of old jelly inside my thick skull.”

“At some point we have to be able to say, “I have no idea what is going on.” Hmmmmmmmm. I wonder if that’s the whole trip, so that we can actually know what’s going on. Hmmmmmmmm.”