“I’m very honored and thankful if someone says something nice about my playing, but in general I’m very critical of what I do.”

I’ve been an amature inventor for a long time.

I plan on doing a lot more work on my own, and discovering and doing more.

I didn’t follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.

I’m a fan of many different styles of classical and symphonic music.

I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass.

And no again: My studio is not a first or any step toward becoming any type of businessman on my part.

It’s not art, it’s science.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

I love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!

What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?

We have to start with the little babies who are born now, socialize them in freedom and critical thinking. We don’t have to throw away their faith. People confuse the two, thinking if you are enlightened that means apostasy. It doesn’t.

Was sort of intellectually shocked. Contagion is the critical phenomenon which causes the thing to fall apart.

Pace is more critical in the Premiership than in any other major league and if you don’t have pace.

…our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.

Computers no longer interface with humans–they interact, and the interaction will become steadily deeper, more subtle, and more crucial to our collective sanity and ultimate survival.