It's been hell. You just can't quit, even though you want to. You got to keep going at it.

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

Yes, I always feel that the music I like, and I genuinely like, the stuff I play on the radio is my own way of going out on the street and righting these wrongs that I think should be righted.

If there has been anything in the history of popular music which could be described as a work of art in a way that people who are involved in other areas of art would understand, then Trout Mask Replica is probably that work,

There's something about records which is really satisfying.

I think a lot of the stuff I'm playing now is crap.