Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

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

When God loves you, what can be better than that?

It's so glamorous, you have to see it." (describing the $92 million Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)

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

The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.

Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots.