I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die.
“At the same time, I was listening to black music, and I began to think that the best musicians were receiving the worst treatment. The people who were doing the greatest work were despised as lower class, with no dignity accorded to what they did.”
“It was clear soon after his election that Obama, like FDR, wanted to start dealing with the economic crisis immediately after his inauguration.”