"I was a little sceptical at first, because he's so young. The term 'blues' has come to be quite different than what I know as blues in a traditional sense. I've been tagged as this blues-rock guitar player and on more than a tolerable number of occasions I've been accosted by people who say, ""You must listen to this new young guy! A blues player, you won't believe it!"" And usually, no, I don't. 

Quinn Sullivan seems to have what it takes. The 'blues' seems to be rediscovered about every ten years but in this case I think it's well done. It's certainly encouraging. Interpreting the blues in an appealing manner is not so different than attempting to speak a recently-learned foreign language. You can memorise the instruction book but it's the dialect that allows you to enter the society as a true speaker of the language."

"The first time I fell in love. And felt loved in return. Basically, my childhood (with nuances, of course)—I’m sure I am not the only one who was wondering where in my house they had hidden the cameras. Léaud at the top of his game; he did create, with time, his own acting rules, his own school in his mind, and he opened the doors to many other actors and actresses. One never really says, “Léaud is so bad in this or that film.” No. It’s Léaud, that’s it. Plus, you can never think of anyone to replace him. Never. This film clearly does justice to its title. It blows us away. I don’t feel very original when I say that this is the movie that made me want to direct. And that reminds me all the time how much there is still to learn."

"Even with these three records you start to see that it's not about precision, it's not about songwriting. It's about getting into another realm of the way you can make music. I try to forget about writing songs sometimes, because it can be a trap. You think about it too much. A lot of times the greatest music comes from playing it, then organising it later, you know? You have to surrender sometimes and let music do its thing. Bitches Brew is one of those records. You can record music any way you want, but you try to remember that you don't want everything to be perfect. You don't always want the microphone to be in front of the speaker. Sometimes you want the microphone to be in another room to the one you're playing in. Dave Fridmann always has these secret ambient mics going on all the time; you don't know where they are or what instruments they're picking up. Which I want him to do - I want to be surprised. Sometimes you're a bit frustrated or bored with what you've recorded, he'll grab one of these little ambient mics and say 'What about that one?' and I'll be like 'Oh, fuck yeah'. There's some other nuance, some other atmosphere that's in there. So I think Bitches Brew is most in line with that. Sometimes the best thing you can do with a song is just make it and then completely fuck with it later."