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

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.

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.

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.

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

Her husband seemed to her now like a person whom she had married without love as an excuse.

As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can

I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too.

Put hot triggers in the path of motivated people.

When I moved to New York in my 20s, I didn't have an obnoxious ego, but it was huge! I'll thought, "I'll never die and I can do anything."

If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.

The fact that I get to do what I love and 14 years in, I'm still doing it - I don't know how anything could get better.

Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out. That desperate competition is, I think, horrendous. It's awful.

I don't think you can have an authentic connection when one person is diagnosing the other.

All mankind's inner feelings eventually manifest themselves as an outer reality.