I don't dig staying in one groove.

But you can't extend, or go beyond any point musically, without the basic fundamentals.

My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players.

Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

For the last five years I've been in the production business.

I mean, there's a hell of a lot of grounds for protest, but you don't do it through music.

Musicians have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet.

Luckily, I'm in the position now of being able to play purely because I have the desire to do so.

You yourself are indeed Bhagwan [God], but the qualities of God have not yet manifested.

It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty and wealth have both failed.

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the achievement of it must inevitably leave him a prey to boredom.

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

My heart is forever in Giverny.

Toleration is often just indifference in disguise.

Sometimes things that are comfortable are comfortable because it's what you're good at. When you start doing the things you're not as comfortable with, there needs to be a reason for it.

evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in.

There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'

We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.