Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.

My family lives a pretty normal life.

I am honored that they would include me in the Cabinet as a member and contributor.

I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.

Rock and roll was something to fall back on. If I had my choice, I'd be Jerry Rice and I'd be playing until I was forty-five.

You gotta laugh and love and take all life has to give. You gotta live and learn so you can learn to live.

Remember the Stax label and how if you liked one record, you liked all the others as well? You don't talk to a lot of people who tell you how much they love their record label. I don't care how many records they sell.