And like an unfaithful mate, once a car has let you down you never sort of trust it again.

We just didn't put any pressure on each other, and I think that everybody needs somebody, and I didn't do it to try to do it; it's what we [with Nina Simone] were to each other.

A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked... . We as black people, we as people, we as the human species have got to get used to the fact we're not going to be right most of the time, not even when our intentions are good. We've got to go naked and see what happens.

We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.

We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.