All I had was the will and the love for music. I couldn't read music or write it. No connections, no car, no money, no bankroll, no clothes, no nothing.

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.

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.

I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said 'Good morning' to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.'

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

When a man's making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.

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.