You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.

Audience participation should extend from on-stage to backstage to under the stage

Nobody's going to get a hot dog at my concert!

You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention and sometimes somebody will throw a rock at you. That's the territory. You buy the land, you get the Indians.

It's always irritated me that people say, 'Where's the action? Oh wow, there's no action here; let's go somewhere else.' These people will never find the action.

Critics like Elvis Costello because critics are like Elvis Costello.

When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch every channel, every show. And then you become a little more selective and more selective, until ultimately... you wind up with a radio.