I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar mitzvahs, weddings, drive-in theaters. I'd seen it all before I ever walked into a recording studio.

Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk.

We struggled together, and sometimes, we struggled with one another... We took care of one another... In the end, we kept faith in each other.

The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask, so it's basically down to you and what you want or need.

Mister, I ain't a boy, no I'm a man, and i believe in a promised land.

I guess there's just a meanness in this world

You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.