...I think of improvising as composing - fo me it's all about playing melodies. When I improvise, there's not a lot of real thinking going on, per se….

The most important thing is that you make sure you follow the music, which is a musician's way of saying follow your heart. The two things are intert….

I don't find a lot of people actually saying things through music any longer. They are not trying to say anything with their music, they just want to….

I do believe it's possible to play a lot without overplaying. It's when a musician becomes too self-centred that it becomes problematic. You need to ….

... don't be afraid to screw up !... one of the key issues to learning is making mistakes ... if you're not making mistakes, you're probably not havi….

I think a lot of the more successful artists of our time basically have barracudas for managers.