You Don't Have To Live The Blues

What I Try To Do Is Produce An Atmosphere Where Musicians Want To Invest In What They Do And Give To The Recording. I Hire Those Musicians Who I Know Will Play Something Creative And Interesting.

Let's Say You Have Some Chicken Stock And You're Making Soup, And Out Of Everything You Can Taste, Some Of The Things You Put In And Some Of The Things You Don't. So You Start Out With An African Spice Then You Hear Some Brazilian Music, So Then It Changes. Then You Hear Jamaican And It Changes Again. And The Result Depends On How Much Of Each Spice You Put Into It. Now, I've Been Putting In Spices Since I Started Playing Professionally In 1945.

Being Stubborn Has Helped, Being Selfish Is Not A Bad Thing.

For Me Brazilian Music Is The Perfect Mix Of Melody And Rhythm. It Just Bubbles Rhythmically. If I Had To Pick Just One Music Style To Play If Would Be Brazilian.

If You Want To Play Somebody's Music, You'd Better Go Into His House.