Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.

Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.

They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.

I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?

Music became a healer for me.

Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don't like yours and you don't like mine.

So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.