This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of recording, I really had control over an entire album, start to finish.

This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of recording, I really had control over an entire album, start to finish.

The two things you can't fake are good food and good music

The only time that I am really truly happy—when I feel at my best—is when I'm on the stage.

I sing the songs that people need to hear.

I figured I could do "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" because I believe it's the truth.

I really turned into, you know, the real street kid. I was kind of like a runaway, but I had a mother, you know what I mean, and I had a place to stay.