Rock & roll is like a painting. Can great paintings still be done? It depends on who holds the brush.

I don't know why, the very first word on my very first record is 'Jesus.' I still invoke him as an entity to reckon with.

I think I work in two worlds. I'll always try to kick through a wall. I did that when I was younger and I still have my way of doing that.

I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God.

I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.

Talking to god and coming back because that's what we have to do. That's your responsibility as a director, as an artist, as a performer. Your responsibility is back again to your people.

Both of them were ahead of their time, but they didn't live long enough to see the time they were ahead of.