I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

In the spring, I'll be 100 percent. I've got three years. They will be a strong three years.

Yes, I always feel that the music I like, and I genuinely like, the stuff I play on the radio is my own way of going out on the street and righting these wrongs that I think should be righted.

If there has been anything in the history of popular music which could be described as a work of art in a way that people who are involved in other areas of art would understand, then Trout Mask Replica is probably that work,

It's been hell. You just can't quit, even though you want to. You got to keep going at it.

There's something about records which is really satisfying.