A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.

When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing.

I think music all the time.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you know what I tripped on? I started buying property.

Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company.

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.