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Music is like wine – it can be sweet or it can be sour, but it’s always emotional.

I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War.

It’s hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like – It’s never been a factor in what I’ve done or what the band’s done.

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

The music industry is changing, and the people who don’t understand that are going to get left behind.

Music is the one thing that has been constant in my life, and I love it more than anything.

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.

I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they’re just kickin’ it.

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

Geffen was never supportive of the band.