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.

I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.

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

I don't think people care about the mechanics of songwriting.

Samba rhythm is a great one to sing on, but it's also got some other suggestions in it, an undercurrent of being primitive - because it is a primitive African, South American, Afro-whatever-you-call-that rhythm. So to white people, it has a very sinister thing about it.

I think the best duets are those where there's a dialogue back and forth, and then the two singers go into a thing together.