Mr. Strait was included in this NPR - All Things Considered article.
...Strait says the Mothership is the most iconic stage prop in African-American musical history, partly because it provides context and perspective to the evolution of black stagecraft. He describes George Clinton's Mothership as a manifestation of the liberating power of music...
Read the entire article on the NPR website: http://www.npr.org/2014/06/04/318544801/well-all-right-starchild-the-mothership-is-back