Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail.

I play to all people - all colors, all creeds ~ drunk, sober, everybody.

If power doesn't mean that you have the opportunity to work with the people that you love , then you haven't really got any.

Nothing anybody's said or written about me ever bothers me, except when it does.

The best revenge is the massive success.

Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.

I think that if you do the best you can in your life, you get your just reward. You sometimes give up a great deal to achieve a plane you're looking for. But if you find that it's important enough, then you do it. You have to decide. Even when you figure you've given up a great deal to get a small amount of something, the pain is only there for a short time. It really goes away. Whatever the quandary, it leaves you.