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For the record, folks; I never took a shit on stage and the closest I ever came to eating shit anywhere was at a Holiday Inn buffet in Fayetteville, N...more

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Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.

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All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.

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The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse.

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A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

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Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

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Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.

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Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't...more

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The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty. The more your musical experience, the e...more