One can't deny what has happened to us in the past. The secret is to enjoy and be proud of the music we've created and the people with whom we have been linked. It's all a long chain of involvement in the world, and we are proud to be yet another link in this chain.

I've been listening to a lot of Hollies stuff lately, and it's beginning to sound pretty good to me.

I wasnt thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.

People like Beck and Shawn Colvin are some of the people I listen to lately.

I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin.

If I read or listened to critics of our music. I'd have been discouraged a long time ago.

One of the great things about rap music... it leaves a lot to be desired, as far as I'm concerned, musically, but I do recognize the very important place that it has in music and in creating role models for younger kids to emulate, giving them the dream that they can make it out of whatever situation they're in.