Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.
“It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.”