We need that expression. Whether we want to call it protest or not, we need to express and echo the echoes of the people. Artists need to do that.

I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the radio, but going to studios, greeting musicians and artists, just getting a vibe.

Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a song about that.

People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.

I grew up in a condition where I could have chosen to go either way, negatively or positively. So I kind of chose to go positive and that stayed with me through my life, always have to have a positive outlook on whatever situation there is

The love is the part of us that can never go. It's the essence that was always there, so that can never go.

I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.