It's the easiest way to stay in the game: By helping the younger kids, they're gonna preach for you.

Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news shapes our destiny.

When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people saying, 'I hate Rap or Techno' I rush to it.

I was at the Apollo Theater all the time, skipping school, and I worked in a barbershop. That's how I started with doo-wop. Now I've come full circle. I did all kinds of music. I used to work on Broadway and Tin Pan Alley.

Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.

Just gimme some stage. I'll make my own way once I get there.

You can rebel against everything adults say. When I want to find out what the new music is, I find out what parents hate.