Five hundred years later we're still doing it. This is a moment where we're either going to reaffirm that's what we do [with Native Americans ], that's who we are, or we're going to start moving toward change. A change won't come easy, because there's a lot of big money that doesn't care about any of this.

With Crazy Horse, it's all one big, growing, smoldering sound, and I'm part of it. It's like gliding, or some sort of natural surfing.

I always play more than I talk, so the more I talk, the more I'll play.

People don't normally change when things are going well. But I want to see what's next and keep moving. That keeps things fresh.

I want to be a reflection of what's going on and let people draw their own conclusions.

When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention.

I can get away with saying a lot of ideas that are young and naive. I'm liberated.