I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass.

Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.

I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.

As far as current inspiration, I'm listenting to a lot of flamenco, because the techniques used for flamenco can be adapted to playing bass.

I believe the best persona to be onstage is the one that comes naturally.

History has repeated itself many times througout the ages.

It is never easy for anyone to have success in music.

I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.

Very often I suspend my musical sensibilities to enjoy music as a fan.

I'm very honored and thankful if someone says something nice about my playing, but in general I'm very critical of what I do.

I try to do my absolute best for the people who come see me play.

An extraordinary amount of arrogance is present in any claim of having been the first in inventing something.

I couldn't get the laughter out of my head. It wasn't career. It wasn't even a choice. It was a calling.

Oh my brethren, Bold hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards!

No matter what you do, if you're on a stage constantly speaking to people, you need to make sure that you have something to say. You need to make sure you're fed in whatever profession you're doing.

When a player gets to 30, so does his body

The buying of time or space is not the taking out of a hunting license on someone else's private preserve but is the renting of a stage on which we may perform.

God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.

No,' Jimmy protested.

I do not allow my schooling to interfere with my education

I'm an entertainer. I don't go round saying I'm a paragon of virtue, so that is clearly not in the public interest.