The Important Thing Is To Feel Your

You Never Can Overwhelm An Instrument. You Will Never Get Out All That's In An Instrument. An Instrument Will Bring You To Your Limits.

I Never Said I Was A Genius. I Never Said I Was A Cornerstone. I've Never Said I'm A Legend In My Own Time. You Never Heard Me Say Nothing Like That.

I Think That Most Great Artists Who Are Extremely Known, As I Am, Would Intimidate A Lot Of People. I Don't Want To Do That To People, But I Know I Do.

Music Is Nothing Separate From Me. It Is Me... You'd Have To Remove The Music Surgically.

[on His Heroin Addiction:] I Did It To Myself. It Wasn't Society...it Wasn't A Pusher, It Wasn't Being Blind Or Being Black Or Being Poor. It Was All My Doing.