The music of the Clovers and Spaniels and the rest was like candy to me. I couldn't get enough; my teachers probably thought I had attention deficit disorder.

The gospel music and doo-wop is what has informed me personally.

Doo-wop is the true music to me, man. Doo-wop was what nurtured me and grew me into who I am, and I guess even when I was in school, the teacher probably thought I had ADD or something every day, because I'd be beating on the desks, singing like the Flamingos or the Spaniels or Clyde McPhatter or somebody.

I have attention deficit disorder, so sitting in a classroom is not the best thing for me.

It is like our foreign policy has attention deficit disorder.

Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while.