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" When I made the first album, I was 24, and at that age, you have nothing to say. I just played the music I loved and tried to do it justice. "

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" I'm not interested in making folkloric records, but I like to push the traditional format around so that familiar patterns get knocked on the head. "

" Santa Monica, where I have always lived, is not a town where you will find storefront Church of God in Christ churches. So, the whole idea of gospel quartet singing is something I never knew existed until I began to hear it on record. "

" People who aren't as interested in recorded music as they used to be will say, 'Oh, 'Buena Vista?' Loved it.' And I'll say, 'Well, how about any of my other recent records. I've been doing some pretty good ones. You like those?' And they go, 'Huh?' "

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" I always loved country gospel from back when I was a teenager in high school and started listening to bluegrass quite a lot. "

" I've done a fair amount of commercials. I did a bunch of Champion spark plug ads and Levi's and Molson Beer. You wouldn't know it. But some of it's damn good. "

" Music is a treasure hunt. You dig and dig, and sometimes you find something. "

" Being the front guy is a hard job. "

" I didn't come from a very rigid background, where there's a clan or a tribe or a religion. "

" I used to sneak gospel tunes into my old records, just as kind of a personal thing. "

" I got a reputation for being 'eclectic' or some damn thing like that, but to me, the different kinds of music I play are all the same stuff - good time music - and it is the only stuff I can do. "

" Critics don't sell records, unfortunately. No one reads what they write anyway. "

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" American global economic imperialism is a fact. It's a known fact. It's a simple fact. "

" To me, the essence of the music is the most important thing. "

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" The ocean is very comfortable. I could never live inland. "

" I always thought East L.A. music was so dreamy and languid and kinda greasy. "

" Who does this, at age 71, try to put a tour together from scratch? I have to say it's scary at times. But I like a challenge 'cause it keeps you on your toes. "

" I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it. "

" It's crazy to make records nobody buys. It's just a waste of time. "

" I keep my mind on track, and I don't get mad, and I don't get frustrated. Well, I do... but creative work, it's a way of controlling all that. "

" If you're white working with non-white people, you will be branded as a colonialist by some people, regardless of your efforts or intentions. "

" Having my son on drums has made a huge difference. I can't stress this strongly enough, in terms of the groove space and style that Joachim gave me to instinctively play what I felt in a more free way, rather than feeling constricted. That's true on record and on stage. "