Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did.

I don’t believe in categories of any kind, and when you speak of problems between blacks and whites in the U.S.A. you are referring to categories again.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.

Simplicity is a most complex form

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.

You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.