Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.

Oftentimes, the way it seems to be is that our artists in particular point themselves out as spokesmen for a certain constituency in a community, and thereby place themselves in that vulnerable position.

All the dreams you show up in are not your own.

I work hard at it [delivery of lyrics], just like I worked hard at getting my masters degree. It's not just something I sit down and do. You have to learn and keep learning.

Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.

I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too.

If you aren't having no fun, die, because you're running a worthless program, far as I'm concerned.