One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'..

I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that….

I write everything. I have that control issue with my music. That's why I'm not in a band..

Faith engenders courage; and also requires it..

I've had nightmares about having to kick people out of my band because they've said that they don't like the Beatles. I'd wake up and turn to them an….

Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on….

I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have..

Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years..

Money has to serve, not to rule!.

I'm afraid to go into myself and see what's going on in there..

You don't make a movie, the movie makes you..

Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular..

Invest time, don't spend it..

Carlos Castaneda always said, "If you're going to do something, do it impeccably.".

I would rather be loved by somebody who respected me..

I look back and say, "This must have been somebody else." I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this..

I don't come from money..

You’re meant for me, and I will have you..

Anger is a good motivator..

It starts with being unearthed. I like that word, unearthed, because we are being unearthed..

Don't just talk about it, do it..