"I do pay performance royalties on others' songs I perform live, but I'm not recording these songs an..." — Prince

I'm thankful enough or blessed enough to be able to say that Miles Davis was a friend when he was alive, and he was a wonderful mentor and really, really funny, you know.

The music, for me, doesn't come on a schedule. I don't know when it's going to come, and when it does, I want it out.

I record all the time.

It gets embarrassing to say something untrue because you put it online and everyone knows about it, so it's better to tell the truth.