I've Used [drum Machine] Because I Have

...people Will Go For Anything They Don't Understand If It's Got Enough Hype. They Want To Be Hip, Want Always To Be In On The New Thing So They Don't Look Unhip. White People Are Especially Like That, Particularly When A Black Person Is Doing Something They Don't Understand...that's What I Thought Was Happening When Ornette Hit Town.

I Put All Those Synthesizer Sounds Behind "decoy" And "code M.d." A Lot Of Things We Write Together. A Lot Of Things Are His, But They Don't Have That Thing I Want On The Bottom. I Often Tell Him, I Say, "bobby [irving], If There's A Melody, There's Another One Somewhere That Goes With It."

I Think Every Negro Over Fifty Should Get A Medal For Putting Up With All That Crap.

If You Love Them In The Morning With Their Eyes Full Of Crust; If You Love Them At Night With Their Hair Full Of Rollers, Chances Are, You're In Love.

[prince] Could Very Well Be The Duke Ellington Of Rock 'n' Roll.