Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny.

I heard a political message in rock music. A liberation message. A message of freedom. I heard it in Elvis' voice.

I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.

I had tried to go to college, and I didn't really fit in. I went to a real narrow-minded school where people gave me a lot of trouble, and I was hounded off the campus - I just looked different and acted different, so I left school.

Baby, this town rips the bones from our back it's a death trap, it's a suicide rap. We got to get out while we're young.

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.

I know I ain't nobody's bargain, but hell a little touchup and a little paint.