That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity. I think it's great that a kid wants to learn more and wants to be at the peak of learning, especially at that young.
I'd rather play jazz, I hate rock and roll.
God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can.
People say Cream gave birth to heavy metal. If that's so, we should have had an abortion.
It happens to us quite often-it feels as though I'm not playing my instrument, something else is playing it and that same thing is playing all three of our instruments. That's what I mean when I say it's frightening sometimes. Maybe we'll all play the same phrase out of nowhere. It happens very often with us.
I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.
If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music.
Music keeps you eternally young. It just does. What I love about it now is touring without the guilt. Now it's like nothing is being held back. You get to eat mashed potatoes with both hands instead of one. It's fantastic.
When there's nothing but humility, there's nothing but spiritual oneness.
My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills. . . So my parents always struggled.
Dealing with race is about educating white folks.