Nobody's going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.

Around 1974, I graduated into the occult, and spent a sold six or seven years immersed in the Kabala and the Chaldean, Celtic, and Druidic traditions I also became fascinated with Aleister Crowley, the nineteenth-century magician who shared these beliefs.

I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I'm fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations.

The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet's killing the record business, I say, 'Who cares about the record business, the Internet is enhancing music.

Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.

Traditionally, duos get accused of lots of things.

Being at college, I think that's the time when you really start searching for things outside yourself.