I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.

I'm not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together.

I'm not at ease with the word "love."

Things have to hit for the moment. That's one of the reasons I'm into video; the image has to hit immediately. I adore video and the whole cutting up of it.

It was like treading water all through the '60s, and when 1970 kicked in, I thought "We're here. Right." God, this is exciting. I'm going to go for it now. I really felt it was my time. Then Marc Bolan did it first. That really pissed me off.

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

People got extremely comfortable with being able to turn on their television and see MTV say, "This guy's hot you should buy this record."