I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable.

Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.

I have no time for lies and fantasy, and neither should you. Enjoy or die.

I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa.

Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view, I found I had to deal with the very things that I thought I was running away from. I wanted to hit those problems on the head and resolve them. So they didn't remain as issues in my psyche.

Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.

If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.