I was very confused. I didn't understand the difference between rebellion against God and rebellion against the system that's not God.

I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love.

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.

You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.

The only help I need to live, is unprofessional. The only wealth I have to give, is not material. And if you need much more than that, I'm not available.

Our podium is the music. It's really important that we stay focused, because things become misconstrued in the media.

As artists, we have an opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways the democratic process may not be able to touch. So we keep it moving.