Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world.

To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place.

There is an intelligence factor that works with the spoken word. With words, you have to understand meaning and nuances and things like that. You have to be able to relate...but with music it's just music.

We survived Nixon and Reagan and George Bush, and so we can survive anything that comes along.

So (legalizing marijuana) means a lot more to me than just being able to smoke a joint without being arrested.

Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.

I do believe that [Bill] Clinton never inhaled ...because when I met him, he had no idea who I was.