Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it.

I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do

I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on.

I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work.

So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now.

The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.

I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.

The purpose of life is to familiarize oneself with this after-death body so that the act of dying will not create confusion in the psyche.

My architecture tends to be legible, light and flexible. You can read it. You look at a building, and you can see how it is constructed. I put the structure outside.

There's a ton of amazing music that's not getting heard.

I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.

One time I tried to marry a chicken.

I had improvised a lot in classes and at the Actors Studio, but I never did it in front of the camera.

The movie of my life must be really low budget.

One loves one's country the way one loves a family member. And sometimes that family member does really embarrassing, shitty things. But you still love them.

Listen, I didn't know how to make coffee when I came to the United States. Because in Colombia the maids do it.

I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment.