The minute you know you're on safe ground, you're dead.

Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. He cannot feel any Gods presence in his life. He is the 21st century man.

There was a time in America not long ago when rock 'n' roll was called race music, and white kids who wanted to go see Chuck Berry were completely forbidden.

I don't think I did anything that my contemporaries didn't; it was just that I was the only one who talked about it. In the Sixties anyone who had a sense of style seemed to be gay. I wanted to indentify with that.

In my madness I see your face in mine.

There seem to be a lot of black artists making very good videos that I'm surprised aren't being used on MTV.

I am a moderately good singer. I am not a great singer but I can interpret a song, which I don't think is quite the same as singing it.