"If you're not critical about your history, that can be a problem because ther..."
"If you're not critical about your history, that can be a problem because there are religious leaders, politicians and all kinds of powerful people who can take advantage of a population that isn't really thinking."
"I only serve one God, and I'm only judged by one God."
"'Drip' is just another word for swag. Swag was not our word - my era is drip; that's our swag."
"I don't have friends, and it's hard for me to make new friends. Right now, the people that are in my life are the people that I work with."
"The rise of the iPod meant that digital music became the norm, It's sad, but you can still find the real stuff out there if you look for it!"
"I use music as a medium to talk to people."
"The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later."
"My autobiography would be 'Loves music, loves art, works hard, writes music, tours the world, makes records.'"
"I'm thankful that l I have an amazing family, black women that raised me."
"My mother had never had a day's illness in her life and never thought to have checks. Then, at 78, she discovered she had breast cancer and passed away the next year. But if she'd had a check two years before, they could have done something about it, they could have saved her."
"It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such a wild variety of crazy reasons."
"Fame makes me feel wanted and loved, anybody wants that."
"It's good to see young kids getting into the blues."
"Don't Say No' was the first album I'd done that I felt completely comfortable with."
"People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on."
"Earthlings are confused, insecure. And some Earthlings have no heritage: that's what leads them to kill each other and rob 7-11 stores."
"Have you seen the Broadway version of 'The Lion King?' Go and see it. That's where the future of musical is."
"The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there."
"I think religion played a huge part in Bush's re-election."
"I love those Keith Richards solo records, but it's not the Rolling Stones."
"As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them."
"I've always had a sense that I am doing something very important, something vital."
"I'd love to write a country album with Adele."
"I love Joan Didion, but I love her writing. I don't think meeting her could solve my problems or make me understand the world better."
"I don't really make particularly abrasive music, but at the same time I wouldn't change something to make people like it."
