I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.
Category: music
The real art of conducting consists in transitions.
If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him ‘pop.’ Don’t tell him ‘rock’n’roll’ or they won’t even let you in the hotel.
Music is the best way for me to say I love you.
If I had to play only for people who liked the music because they heard it on the radio, it wouldn’t make me happy. That’s why I’m working so hard to have, yes, a profile as an artist, but also a profile as a DJ.
Composers shouldn’t think too much – it interferes with their plagiarism.
You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you’re got music.
A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts.
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.