There is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war. As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets.

First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.

Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.

Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.

Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can't have it both ways.

Music rearranges your molecular structure.

You're always cursing, you're always praying and you're always making love. It ain't do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.