Absorb youth and you will be absorbed by youth. Take on new influences without fear and you need not fear what is new. Change the people around you by changing the people around you.

Record companies would rather you stay dumb, not even think of it as a business, so they can either rip you off or get you out of the way in five years to make way for the new groups.

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

I pick up on styles, way before they get popular, pretty much before young kids do. I see 'em coming.

The desired effect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship.

Why must I feel like that? Why must I chase the cat?

I'm always surprised that I'm still around funk and that people are still into it.