Do not fear mistakes -- there are none.

The music I was really listening to in 1968 was James Brown, the great guitar player Jimi Hendrix, and a new group... Sly and the Family Stone, led by Sly Stewart from San Francisco.

He comes in on the beat and plays on top of the beat. I think when Prince makes love, he hears drums instead of Ravel.

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.

My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.