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

Disco is funky when you take one record at a time. It's just that they narrowed it down to one beat to try to corner the market on a particular music. And when you do that with rhythm - talk about something that will get on your nerves. Try to make love with one stroke. Somebody will tell you to fax it in.

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

The words I use too often are X-rated, something an old man like me shouldn't be talking about anyway.

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.

Hip-hop is getting to the point now where they are going to start sounding like Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin or some of the other poets. Some of the better rappers can rap real fast without even melodies. It'll get to that same point.

My ability has always been to walk out on the stage and see the audience and figure out what they wanna hear.