One night all the James Brown band was playing on stage and I look in the back and I could see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards trying to get in the club and they couldn't get in cause it was to crowded.

Now the [smartphone] has freed everybody, and so everybody gets better. No matter what you say, people will check you out on their phone.

I wish I could say farewell and retire but there is nothing for me to retire from.

Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world.

Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.

Well, I started out as a musician, so when I was about 10 years old, I was already in a band.

Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me.