I never sing a song the same way twice.

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling.

I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That's all I know.

All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.

A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.