There Ain't Been No Angels In Heaven

I'm Enjoying Everything In My Life, But I Think The Element Of Surprise In Show Business Is What Makes Us Really Love It, Because One Day You're Sitting By The Phone Waiting To Do Something Or Not Doing Anything, And The Next Day You've Got The Chance Of A Lifetime. Those Little Phone Calls Don't Come Up So Often, But When They Come Up, It's Fantastic.

Cocaine Made Me Talk Forever. The Most Nonsensical Rubbish That You Could Ever Think Of.

When We Started, I Was Delivering Meals To People In Atlanta. We Were A Direct-care Organization. And It Was - People Needed Meals, They Needed Transport, They Needed Medication, They Needed Buddy Systems. They Had A Death Sentence. There Was Azt, And That Was Just Prolonging The Agony, Basically. Now People, Of Course, If They Are On Antiretrovirals, They Face A Lifetime Of Health, Basically. I Mean, It Doesn't - It's I Would Say In The 99 Percent Certainty Bracket That If You Are On That Medication, You Will Have A Healthy Life.

And The Stigma Hasn't Really Changed That Much In 31 Years. You Are Still Getting People - It's A Shame-based Disease. It's Based On Sexual Transmission. And It's Still Shame-based. And Until People Feel Strong Enough And Feel Loved Enough To Actually Open Up And Say, Listen, I'm Hiv-positive, Then We Are Facing An Uphill Battle.

What Record Companies Do These Days Is Drain The Blood Dry Of An Album, Take Six Singles Off It, And Harm The Longevity Of Artists' Careers By Doing It.