I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.

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 just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel stronger now than I did any time since I've been a teenager - I mean, musically, creatively.

Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death.

I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

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