If You Aren't Having No Fun, Die,

Paul Robeson Once Said That The Artist Has The Responsibility To Either Help Liberate The Community Or Further Oppress It. And I Think That When Eldridge Cleaver Wrote It Down It Was Interpreted As His, But There's A History Of People Saying Things Of That Nature And Meaning It. And What I Do Is In That Tradition, In That Mode.

I Don't Mind Being Criticized. I Enjoy Being Criticized Personally, Not By Rumor.

I Think A Whole Lot Of Stuff Gets By People - I Could Name Half A Dozen Groups That Do Songs That Are Openly Supportive Of Experimentation With Drugs, Nobody Ever Said Anything To Them.

When We Were Doing The "angel Dust" Thing We Got Information From The National Institute Of Drug Abuse Because We Knew That If We Went Out And Said Something About Angel Dust People Were Going To Ask Questions About It And We Wanted To Be Sure We Had All The Information To Deal With It When Those Questions Came Up. So It's All A Question Of Being As Prepared As Possible Out Front, So That If You Are Going To Deal With Information It'll Be Correct. A Lot Of People Won't Check It Out But Some People Will.

Music Has The Power To Make Me Feel Good Like Nothing Else Does. It Gives Me Some Peace For A While. Takes Me Back To Who I Really Am.