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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

Music is my life.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife.

Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn’t there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can’t.

I rocked the cradle of love.

For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn’t mean you’re fantastic.

If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

Who’s the new Ramones, who’s the new Guns ‘N Roses, who’s the new Motley Crue, who’s the new Black Sabbath? They’re coming, they’re on the street, they’re 16, 17 years old.