I Got A Scholarship To Seattle University

Making A Record Is Like Painting A School Bus With A Toothbrush

We Were In The Heart Of The Ghetto In Chicago During The Depression, And Every Block - It Was Probably The Biggest Black Ghetto In America - Every Block Also Is The Spawning Ground Practically For Every Gangster, Black And White, In America Too.

It's Very Freaky In Chicago.there's Something In The Water There, I Don't Know What It Is. But The Actual Word Chicago Means, In The Indian Language, Garlic. It Was Just Garlic And Mosquitoes There. And That Is The Roughest City On The Planet, And I Been To Every Place In The World.

There's Power In The Collective. If You Don't Believe Me, Just Watch A Symphony Orchestra With A Conductor And 120 People Who Are Thinking About Exactly The Same Thing At The Same Moment - No Babies, No Stock Markets, No Mortgages. Just 32nd Notes.

You Want Your Parents To Say, "hey, I'm Proud Of You." When You Don't Hear That, You Learn To Compensate. You Say, "hell, I Don't Need Their Approval. If I Get My Music Right, I'll Have Everyone Else's Approval." I Didn't Understand It Then, But I Now Know That's What Happened To Me.