To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.

I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.

Nobody's going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?

I wouldn't even hold my kids sometimes because I didn't want them to spit up on me when I was dressed for an awards show.

From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress.

As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.