To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.

The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor.

I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.

The Daryls House thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

Being at college, I think that's the time when you really start searching for things outside yourself.

If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.

Success and failure are equally surprising.