Poverty is not something people impose on themselves for want of effort and community organisation. It is constructed by divisive and discriminatory laws, inflexible organisations, acquisitive ideologies of wealth, a deeply rooted class system and policies which serve privilege in the short term and destroy society in the long term.

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.

I am an animal, my teeth are sharp and my mouth is full, and the passion is strong.

Bob Dylan did the first really long record - Like A Rolling Stone - I think it was four minutes.

Let my love open the door To yourheart.

Dance is the only thing that lets you lose yourself and find yourself at the same time.

Many were starting to use computerized synthesizers & drum machines to produce an entirely new style of music. It was being punted by the critics that the guitar was old hat; I was reminded of the way my father & his clarinets were written off in the late Fifties.