I still like to keep tapes of the few minutes before the final take, things that happen before the session. Maybe it's superstitious, but I believe if I had done things differently - if I had walked around the studio or gone out - it wouldn't have turned out that way.
“A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know it.”
“I like that kind of frantic schedule. It makes me feel like I have a purpose.”