The direction for my music is heaven, of course. We gear all things to the realm of heaven - which is the mind, the organized mind.

I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.

Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration.

Live Aid was a baby Woodstock, a child of Woodstock, which I call Globalstock.

Richie is the only one of my nine who's really moved away. I can't get rid of most of them.

I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and play it.

I eat once a day if I remember, and I try never to go to sleep.

My right wrist is connected to the left foot. You know, if the left foot doesn't work, the right wrist doesn't work, and that's really the truth.

I started out by myself, but it eventually turned into a trio by the mid-'60s - a conga drum and another guitarist. And that's been mostly what I've worked with most of the time.

My mother's family came from the British West Indies. And my father's family came from, well, my father's father came from the Montana/South Dakota area. They were Blackfoot Indian.

I don't get sick. I can't afford to get sick.

Different people are different!

Death wins nothing here, gnawing wings that amputate–– then spread, lift up, fly.

Life (ayu) is the combination (samyoga) of body, senses, mind and reincarnating soul. Ayurveda is the most sacred science of life, beneficial to humans both in this world and the world beyond.

Less is even less, and more is still not quite enough.

Nowadays when you buy music its like you're donating to that cause, because you most likely could hear it in some capacity for free.

Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.

Seducing him in the tub smelling of vinegar was out of the question. There had to be some boundaries.

A respectful understanding of another's experience.

Observermanship is the art of giving the impression that you are with it even though you don't know Latin very well.

When we grew up in Vancouver our friends were - I don't know if I'd say callous, but we had a very, you know, harsh relationship with one another; we'd constantly make fun of each other.