We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.

Ray is very secretive about his ideas - why not, the times that the Kinks have been ripped off, especially in the early years, it makes you a little bit cautious about telling anybody what you're doing. And that's understandable.

My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world.

I'm very interested in science fiction, and I like new things. I've never been a really sentimental person.

I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.

A lot of people don't understand the Black Panthers Party's relationship with white mother country radicals.

Umm... I don't judge my relationship with Puff or Bad Boy according to other people or past artists. At the end of the day, you are in charge of your career, and you can't depend on no man to do anything for you. I've learned to judge relationships with a person on myself and that person, not what they have done with previous people.

Everyone tells me I have a funny accent. It's because I copy people. I learned English at school but have best friends who are French, Australian, English and American; a very weird mix.