I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for Warner Bros.
Instead of hate, celebrate.
When it comes to the video channels and the programs, the radio stations, the music is geared towards kids, and it's made by kids.
It might be a shock to see me, but that's no reason for people to act crazy, and it doesn't give them license to chase me down the street.
There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.
From its conception and that one and only meeting, 'HITNRUN' took about 90 days to prepare its release. If that's what freedom feels like, 'HITNRUN' is what it sounds like.
I don't know who was the one that came up with the notion that you have to play the same songs every concert.
So much has been written about me, and people don't know what's right and what's wrong. I'd rather let them stay confused.
Time is a mind construct. It's not real.
I like constructive criticism from smart people.
Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word - slavery. I would tell any young artist... don't sign.
YouTube is the hippest network, and they abuse copyright right and left.
The music industry is a matrix that is counter to what is natural and right.
I learned from Jehovah's Witnesses that a fatalistic view is counterproductive.
There's a dark side to everything.
I'm thankful enough or blessed enough to be able to say that Miles Davis was a friend when he was alive, and he was a wonderful mentor and really, really funny, you know.
Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay.
Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.
My hair is capable of doing a lot of different things.
When you sit down to write something, there should be no guidelines. The main idea is not supposed to be, 'How many different ways can we sell it?' That's so far away from the true spirit of what music is.
