Oh, America is slipping away from the rest of the consciousness of the planet - slipping away.

There's nothing worse than a good video and good song, and you see a band and hate them because they can't perform. That's wack.

I always remain optimistic.

Try to master technology instead of it mastering you.

I think the problem for the future generations is a lot of people ain't takin' the time to look for them and give them their voice, so therefore for their voice to be heard, they gotta bang more pots on the ceiling, so to speak; they gotta do crazy things just to get recognized. I just feel that whenever you don't give a generation some kind of voice, then expect side effects.

A lot of artists have been persuaded into doing whatever they can do to gain attention. The media, of course, will position and promote the worst of them to the front page. The sidewalk to crime becomes the marketing campaign. These artists have seen it work and sell millions and millions of records for other artists.

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