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.

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.

There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.

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

When you fly to New York, sometimes they put you on hold and you just go round and around in a holding pattern. Sometimes in a concert, I feel other spirits in a holding pattern that they want to land through my heart and through my fingers.

Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It's a decision.

I'm laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing.