It's great fun to play with a really good band.

Some places you play in America, it's like 'On the Waterfront.'

There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.

Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for specific tunes. In a lot of cases, we gravitated toward jazz players who had more sophisticated harmonic concepts.

I always look for the weirdest note to land on. I felt that that was the least I could do for the great musical traditions which I've spawned.

People are really exercised about one particular thing, and that is themselves. They will bore you endlessly with their broken hearts.