I never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free - flowing.

When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.

Everyone to me has to pick a subject to talk about in music if you're going to be a writer.

One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.

We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.

There's a time when people give their words to each other it has to mean something. I'm a street cat. I've belonged in gangs and when you had a partner, you went down with your partner whether you won the fight or lost it. You went down together.

Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.