I do like my rock stars to be a little larger than life. I don't mind the earnest ones at all, but I do like a bit of individuality.

Until I can visualise what the lyrics are about and see the story or whatever, I can't hear the melody.

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

When President Mbeki said, if you get AIDS, you can have a shower and it goes away. It's like, oh, come on. Or it's caused by poverty. We faced those kind of issues. But now, with the new regime, they have really woken up, paid attention. And when South Africa speaks, then the whole of Africa will listen. And I have got great hopes for that.

When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.

Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways.