I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die.

I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.

I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.

Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.

I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.