There is some art that says the same thing to everybody. WE need something like that. What that is, I don't know. But virtual reality may be the key to it.

If the thunder don't get ya then the lightning will.

In this universe the top end is light and the bottom end is real hard stuff.

Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.

There's a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.

You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing. To be alive in America is to hear all kinds of music constantly: radio, records, churches, cats on the street, everywhere music. And with records, the whole history of music is open to everyone who wants to hear it.

Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.