I'm so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.

We are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.

I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.

Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.

I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.

The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.

I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.