I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.

Blacks own so little of the music business, it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.

I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.

I try to tell a story musically in a song.

We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.

When a man's making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.

We are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.