I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength.

I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.

I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would like take it in turn and beat on me. I was an abused child. I was mad about all those things, very bitter and very angry.

I wanted to play the Apollo Theater because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.

Punk Funk means to be one with yourself. To be rebellious, aggressive, able to do and say what you feel at all times, without inflicting mental or spiritual pain.

I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway.

I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.