Music is the love of my life. It's a total escape from reality. Music transports you to another place, someplace unexpected and meaningful.

People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.

I don't feel connected to the whole vision of the record in the same way-it's got all these characters. The point of view of "Love Earth" and the point of view of "Break the Chain" are so different. It's not the same thing, but it is the same thing.

Music's for grooving man, and music's not for puttin' yourself through bad changes, y'know? I mean, you don't have to go take anybody's shit, man, just to like music, y'know what I mean? You don't. So... so if you're getting' more shit than you deserve, you know what to do about it man. Y'know, it's just music. Music's... music's s'posed to be different than that.

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

You can do whatever you like with my image, my music, remix it, re-release it, whatever... just never make me boring.