John was great to work with, and a lot of fun. I wish Id had the chance to make more music with him, of course, and to get to know him better.

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.

We all have different musical instincts, and I think they're precious and should be respected.

From my time in 'King Crimson,' I'd describe a Progressive band as one that keeps trying to break musical barriers, and keeps trying to do new music.

Like many musicians, I don't look back much... only concentrate on what music I'm doing, and occasionally look ahead.

For me, if the music is good, whether the artist is famous or unknown, I love being part of the music and contributing what I can to the bass end.

Victor Wooten is the Carlos Castaneda of music

The most fun is to play clubs, because you actually get to see the people.

Through the years I've found that I prefer live playing to recording. I still do lots of recording - but I treasure the live shows.

I'm a player and I do it because I love playing whether it's for my album or someone else's.

Nothing in this world is Good or Bad. Our thinking makes it so. A knife is good when a surgeon uses it to save a life & bad when a terrorist uses it to kill.

You will never reach the stars without courage to lose sight of the ground.

I'm proud that I have done so many different kinds of things and maintained an amazing family. And I think that's the joy: that I've been able to have everything.

Women love romance, but they're not as romantic as men.

For the past two years,the only thing the 'Idol' machine has been doing has been maliciously attacking my name.

Pickup lines never work...I think someone clever, witty and funny is very attractive.

I think comprehensive immigration reform while securing your border and dealing rationale with 11 million is the only way we're going to solve this problem.

As elected leaders, we must each recommit ourselves to work together toward putting our country on a prosperous, sustainable path and restoring Americas promise as a land of opportunity.

The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep.

Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand