Here comes Jesse Jackson, he talks of common ground. Does that common ground include me, or is it just a sound?

You can't always trust your mother.

When critics ask you if you feel vindicated by other critics - I didn't like critics then, and I don't like them now. There you go. I've always been outside the mainstream, and it stayed that way.

When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil Taylor song. I used to run around the Village following Ornette Coleman wherever he played.

I try very much, whenever I do projects, whatever it is, there's only one thing on my mind, only one thing.

Take a walk on the wild side.

High energy does not necessarily mean fast, high energy has to do with heart.