If You Don't Know What

Music Is An Addiction.

I Can't Write Anything For Myself. I Can Write When I Hear Like [john] Coltrane Play Something; I Used To Write Chords And Stuff For Him To Play In One Bar. I Can Write For Other People, But I Don't Never Write For Myself.

It's Like, How Did Columbus Discover America When The Indians Were Already Here? What Kind Of S-- Is That, But White People's S--?

It Takes A Long Time To Sound Like Yourself.

That Was My Gift . . . Having The Ability To Put Certain Guys Together That Would Create A Chemistry And Then Letting Them Go; Letting Them Play What They Knew, And Above It.