I used to think my father was an idiot, until I turned twenty-one. . . Then I thought he was a genus.
These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.
If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.
I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.
I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.
All the people have gone to war leaving no interrogator to mind.
Electricity comes from other planets.
I get so fed up with the making of an album taking over my life - it's all I can think about or talk about. You find yourself in a rut and lacking inspiration and it's hard to get out of that because I'm working alone in the studio.
Exclusiveness is a characteristic of recent riches, high society, and the skunk.
The other side of every fear is a freedom.
Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.