We work out songs and complicated arrangements and record them relatively quickly. There is very little jamming on the records.

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

I hate making videos. Songs are not visual. You get it out of the air. You don't watch it on MTV.

Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling and thought much better.

It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much.

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.