I did a whole concert in Atlanta with my fly open, and I had a black suit on and a white shirt. My white shirt was protruding from the fly.

I'm thankful for every moment.

The music is the message, the message is the music. So that's my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me - a little ministry called love and happiness.

People still come up to me and ask me to sign their records. That's right, records! Man, they don't even make records no more!

If I could live my life all over I'd do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there's no way lord, to leave this love behind.

I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

Suicide is not an answer, it's destruction.