If you want to play somebody's music, you'd better go into his house.

Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.

I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer and their health in general.

My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania.

You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.

I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar.

When you get cancer, it's like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided that everything I've done so far is not as important as what I'm going to do now.

My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would be Brazilian.

It doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down. All that matters is you get up one more time than you were knocked down.

Authority and example lead the world.

This victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.

Time changes every man. Unusual circumstances change them in unusual ways

That is one trouble about trading on a large scale.You cannot sneak out as you can when you pike along.

You're not boring. You've got to stop saying that, or people will start believing you.

I would do anything to stay beside you forever.

The vegetarian movement is an ancient movement and is not quite a modern one.

I'd love to slit my mother-in-law's corsets and watch her spread to death.

In high school I went on about three dates.