I Think You Have To Ask Yourself

My Mother And My Father Taught Me To Look At The Actual Problem, Not The Face Of It, Not The Veneer Of It. So For Me, I Was Never - I Was Impressed That It - Racially, I Was Impressed, Right, But Now In America It's About Economics, And It's Been About Economics, And Honestly, Everything's Been About Economics Since I Don't Want To Say The Beginning Of Time, But It's Been About Economics For A Long While.

Everybody Has Their Opinion On What's 'real,' And What's They Choose To Listen To And Their Personal Preference. Whether They're 2 Years Old Or 200 Years Old. And People Can Listen To Whatever They Want.

I Look At People Like Picasso And Da Vinci And Escher And Miles Davis, And They'll Write Or Paint That One Definitive Masterpiece Of Maybe 50 That They Have That's Really Trying To Go Outside The Box, Trying To Do Something That's Tough. And Then When You Accomplish It, You Look Back And Go, 'yeeaaaah - Masterpiece.'

Sometimes I Wish I Never Found The Internet. Sometimes I Regret Getting A Laptop And Wi-fi For Logging Into The Internet Because It Is Such A Distraction. If You Have Any Addictive Personality, The Internet Will Magnify It.

There Is No Line Of Demarcation Between The Amateurs And The Pros; Everyone Is Using The Same Tactics And Playing In The Same Arenas. The Only Thing That Separates Them Is Radio, But The Artist Doesn't Control Who Goes To Radio And Who Doesn't.