I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, 'Yeah, we were the best.' That's the kiss of death. That's non-growth. And also that's very bad for the world.

I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect.

I'm your biggest fan, California, I'm coming home

I always thought the women of song don't get along, and I don't know why that is.

White rhythm is waltzes, marches, and the polka. In Africa, rhythm is used for a celebratory groove, but white rhythm doesn't have such an enormous vocabulary of spirits. It's basically militant.

everything comes and goes; pleasure moves on too early and trouble leaves too slow

How does a person create a song? A lot of it is being open to encounter and to be in touch with the miraculous.