You jump right over anything in the past, and you don't analyze problems.

Never mind the transience of show business and popularity. When we hear Ray Charles, we go, 'That's a great singer.' You don't need a reporter or a writer to tell us. Good is good and it should shine through the years.

By my 40s, I finally got out of my own way, so I could become a life creator; a life giver.

I like working solo and it was a lot of fun joking around with the audience, saying things. I'm only just learning how to do certain things.

Records became much cruder in the last 20 years. Let's put it that way.

So its mix and match. Hold your line when you really feel something youre saying is wonderful and you really want to get this point across and prove it to your partner by just throwing it into the tape and letting it speak for itself.

You jump right over anything in the past, and you don't analyze problems.