Music that was made in the 60s and 70s did come from a really soulful place. The seed for the songs written in the 90s were planted in those songs, even though they were samples.

If right now, culture's so divisive, it just leaves these millions of people like me out.

I dont like the idea of spirituality done the way its done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by going to an Ashram, or finding a guru or joining a temple. I made work out of it.

What really drives me mad about art is that, in America, the only thing you can do is to take it apart.

Retirement: a brand new beginning! How wonderful!

Culturally, I found myself in a very weird situation: you were the person that had made that journey to the West, and then you were going back to comment on something, and then suddenly you were questioned and told, "You can't touch that now because you're a pop star."

I already feel that I am making a political statement by sticking around in music, when I am doing it so differently to everyone else.