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" I can concentrate on my art. "

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" Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things. "

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" But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but. "

" I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts. "

" I'm a humanist. "

" I'll tell ya, I'm a genuinely nice guy. I really am. A real nice guy. But I think I'm temperamental. "

" I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music. "

" I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most of the major cities. "

" Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful. "

" I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention at all. Sometimes it's me, or a composite of me and other people. Sometimes it's not me at all. "

" I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If you don't have the bass, it's like being amputated. It's like you have no legs. "

" There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time. "

" People think that I work out but it's all t'ai chi. "

" The most important part of my religion is to play guitar. "

" The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? "

" I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play. "

" You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums. "

" I've never been super confident about anything. The work is never as good as it could be. "

" When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment. "

" It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print. "

" I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything. "

" I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room. "

" When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil Taylor song. I used to run around the Village following Ornette Coleman wherever he played. "

" I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen. "

" I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future. "

" Take a walk on the wild side. "

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" Meditation doesn't have to be complicated. What I do is about as simple as you can get. You could just count the beads, one, two, three, with your eyes closed or open, whatever makes you happy. "

" I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine. "

" I don't mind a repetitive chorus; I mind repetitive verse. I mean, it's the same amount of space. Why would you have only three diamonds if you can have six? "