“In my house you have to talk to cats because, being ten of them, there are a lot of important things you have to say to them-like ‘Get off’ and ‘Shut up’ and things like that.”

You never possess a cat; you are allowed to be in a cat’s life, which, of course, is a privilege.

The things that language stands for do not require humans, and in fact are often trampled down by humans.

There are as many Africas as there are books about Africa.

Composing was more difficult than writing things down.

At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.

And often, I sort of get into a state, a creative state that is, where I’m just feeling around melodically, and playing things off the top of my head.

I mean, we just started, it’s a new thing. We’re doing this for fun and we’re going to see where it goes.

Science is the best thing humans beings have ever come up with. And if it isn’t, science will fix it.

You’re not being complacent, not falling back and floating around the perimeter too much, figuring out when to attack. I’m trying to find that balance between attacking and spotting up and things like that.