“I look back at that period and I still really don’t know how I got through it. The world literally changed. On Feb. 11, 1979, I was in one world. On Feb. 12, the world looked the same, but it was completely different. The best I can remember it or see it, I went off into madness. I went a lot of places. I went to the future, to the past, in people’s minds. I went everywhere. I didn’t try to fight it, I just went where it took me and trusted I would get through it. When I started writing poetry, that was a real outlet. If I hadn’t, who knows what would have happened?”
“No integrity at all…the real decision makers figured out we’d be more willing to hear lies from one of our own.” – on Bill Clinton as President.
“Anytime people get together to share cultural and artistic communication, it’s healthy for the community and everyone involved. It’s not a political deal or a religious deal – it’s more about who we really are. It’s about true feelings. With my music, I’m communicating my feelings the way I know how.”
“There are people in this country who tried to shut Elvis down because he played black music, only they didn’t call it ‘black’ then. But Elvis was just somebody who had to sing those songs and be who he was and in the process he became an interpreter between two cultures. It touched something in our culture because it was about feelings. Today it would be difficult for that type of energy to emerge again, but it will. It can’t be denied.” ~
SOURCE: Rocky Mountain News