Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first.
I think Stella Tennant is amazing. And then I really loved all those '60s society models, like Edie Sedgwick.
I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.
Having a birthday cake squashed into your face by young kids? Delicious. I always don a Santa suit at Christmas. Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.
It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's why I like Charlie Parker.
I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days.
The best thing about Mick Jagger is how uncalculating he is. He does what he wants to do and it feels right. He's not a dancer - neither am I.
I found Mick Jagger... very bright. I always liked him very much and still do.
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.
My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.
Mom's dad was in the army, stormed the beach at Normandy, fought through the French hedgerows, the Battle of the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge, and liberated concentration camps at the end of the war.
You kind of hope as a musician that you get some recognition for what you do, and when you do, it's nice. It's a really good feeling.
You've gotta dive into the abyss if you wanna get anything good. Every record, you've gotta go down in the abyss and hope that you come out of it alive.
That Mick Jagger, I feel sorry for him. After all these years he still can't get no satisfaction.
It takes all kinds to make the world go 'round. If everyone was straight-laced and uptight, it would sure be a drag. We need a little tug of war in society.
I made that decision back in 1985. I was out here getting certified in SCUBA with Garcia in Kona and I thought to myself, this is a place to wake up in in the morning.
I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
I think women can be as cruel as men, and men as tender as women, and vice versa.
I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
