...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso

Politics are not my arena. Music is.

I've never recorded anything I didn't like.

I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else.

I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.

Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.

Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.