As far as current inspiration, I'm listenting to a lot of flamenco, because the techniques used for flamenco can be adapted to playing bass.

Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.

I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.

I believe the best persona to be onstage is the one that comes naturally.

History has repeated itself many times througout the ages.

It is never easy for anyone to have success in music.

I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.

Very often I suspend my musical sensibilities to enjoy music as a fan.

I'm very honored and thankful if someone says something nice about my playing, but in general I'm very critical of what I do.

I try to do my absolute best for the people who come see me play.

I plan on doing a lot more work on my own, and discovering and doing more.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

If you do the job badly enough, sometimes you don't get asked to do it again.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

The one you confront in Yoga is yourself. All that is rigid and stiff in you, all that says 'No.

We are not far away from the point of no return when it comes to life on earth, and we have some radical choices to make.

It may surprise people to know that I advocate the reform of the United Nations, not its abolishment.

Theater is like going to the gym for actors.

This means more to me than any Grammy I could ever win ... It will take a village and an army, [some] countries and continents to make bullying a hate crime.

Don't mind me. I'm as happy as a cricket here.

"Religious Socialism," "Christian Socialism," are expressions implying a contradiction in terms.