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.

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

The true beauty of music is that it connects people.

I'd definitely love to play in Nashville again. That would be really good.

DJs and people in the street know what they like.

I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the same as others feel about their work.

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

Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries.

I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.

I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've been putting records out every year.

I don't trip on that much. I just like to enjoy life and be happy.

The mountain of ignorance must be pulled down.

I haven't written in a week. It's like holding your breath under water. You feel an awful constriction and then the instinct to propel yourself.

You affect the world by what you browse.

Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

Quebec from the boat looked like the ramparts where Hamlet's ghost might have walked.

Growing up, I spent a lot of time on film sets all over the world.

If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.

Girls. You never know what they're going to think.

I don't bring my life into a character at all.

To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily.