A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life.

Music is the only thing keeping the planet together

Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out.

The secret to the sound is to drop the bass on the floor!

All you've got to do is keep your ears open.

I'm not a star. I'm just backing up the cats.

Women and rhythm-section first!?

I took the frets out of my bass after I was getting into jazz a lot and I wanted to have that upright sound.

Trumpets! Can you bring your... uh... extracurricular tubing necessities next rehearsal?

Every rose is longing for joy and love

The only bad kimchi is no kimchi.

In my experience, being busy and working hard is the key to sanity/happiness.

[A vitamin is] a substance you get sick from if you don't eat it.

We are lucky to live in a world made up of so many different kinds of people and I am confident in the direction we are going.

Being in the Midwest, you get the best of all worlds and add your own flavor to it.

Life The machine The human soul A 75mm breech My portrait

Christianity teaches that the human race is depraved, fallen, and sinful.

It's like a crapshoot in Las Vegas, except in Las Vegas the odds are with the house. As for the market, the odds are with you, because on average over the long run, the market has paid off.

Just because it's broken doesn't mean it loses its importance. And I figured I'd give it to you one day when you realized it was okay to make mistakes.