When music turned into being like candy - what people don't realize is, yes it's candy, but candy has long-term effects if you're just eatin' it as your main meal. And that's a problem, 'cause if you got music that keeps comin' at you, that keeps coming like a piranha, coming and rippin' at your soul, it's like yeah, I'm takin' this in, but there's not much of me left. Then you'll be lookin' for something outside of music to satisfy you, or take you away.

Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps

If you go get a passport, it might encourage you to at least consider the world around you.

Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.

A lot of the post-1977 dancefloor disco sounds had their place at one time, but you can't bring them back unless you bring back a floor.

My thing is, the older you get you gotta stand up for what you believe in, and keep bashin' away.

Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that.