Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, 'Oh, baby,' if there's a pause in the melody. With jazz, you better leave that space open, or put in something real cool.

I am so happy that I am alive and can walk.

It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.

Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.

I've gone through so much in my life. I should have been dead a long time ago, but I am still here, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.

Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.

What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries.