After 12 intense years of rock music, I was happy to get away from making a record and going out on a tour. When I did it, I wanted to feel inspired. After a while I finally had my fill working on other people's music, and I started coming up with music on my own and said, 'This could be for me.'
“The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.”
“If I were the president, I would be very concerned... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed.”