Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990.

Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody that matters.

Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990.

Americans think that if you're popular, there must be something wrong with you.

What I do isn't black music, it's just my music.

I grew up in a very racially integrated place called Pottstown. It was an agricultural / industrial town which has since become a suburb of Philadelphia. I grew up basically in a black neighborhood.

I have gone from one relationship to a marriage and stepchildren.