I like writing melody without an instrument. It's just so - it's more like the choreography of a bee; you just go.

In terms of black music - the only music that we can call our own, that was really born here - I don't think a lot has been done to chronicle the relations between American history and where black music fits in.

George Bush is a fan of mine, he came to see me in the Seventies. His coke dealer brought him.

I'm always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you're drowning, and it's there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.

Bill Hicks - blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.

There's no prayer like desire.

Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.