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

There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.

Been making love for hours and, baby, we're still going strong. Girl, this night is ours and I swear I feel it coming on. All I know is when we get through, I ain't going to be able to move.

I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.

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.

One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.

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.