"I think the production thing was a stroke of luck really. But for me, I had to do it, as it was always part of the plan. But my biggest claim to fame was to recognize those who were at the time unrecognised. Soul II Soul was like a festival to all these artists who wanted to be a part of it. We travel to all these different destinations and everyone gets off where they need to."

“I didn't get into music until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“I don't see anything wrong with telling someone that you are selfish with their love and that you can't stand sharing them with anyone else.”

“You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.”

Source : "I was never about boo hoo hoo". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2008.

“The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.”

“It's a lot of work living the life that you want to live, but that's what I'm doing.”

“The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other.”

Source : Bertrand Russell, John Greer Slater, Peter Köllner (1996). “A Fresh Look at Empiricism: 1927-42”, p.441, Psychology Press

“Like everybody, my views on many issues have changed as I have gotten older.”

Source : "Bob McDonnell corruption trial: the failure of a 'traditional American family'" by Tom McCarthy, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2014.

“Sometimes a collage element I hit upon can inspire the entire drawing.”

Source : Interview with Rachel Kushner, www.believermag.com. May 2003.