Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.

My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.

The revolution that takes place in your head, nobody will ever see that.

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

All the dreams you show up in are not your own.

I cannot afford to watch Fox News.

The way you get to know yourself is by the expressions on other people's faces, because that's the only thing that you can see, unless you carry a mirror about.