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

Some people are marching together and some on their own. Others are running, the smaller ones crawl. But some sit in silence.

It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I'm home.

A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle. The rock stars have assimilated all kinds of philosophies, styles, histories, writings, and they throw out what they have gleaned from that.

Pop stars are capable of growing old. Mick Jagger at 50 will be marvelous - a battered old roue - I can just see him. An aging rock star doesn't have to opt out life. When I'm 50, I'll prove it.

If I never wake again, I certainly will have lived while I was alive.

I'm not sure that an art career would have any benefit for me; I'm not sure it's what I want. I don't think I want to be a designer-rock artist.