I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.
My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
I'm the most sampled and stolen. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine, too... I got a song about that... But I'm never gonna release it. Don't want a war with the rappers. If it wasn't good, they wouldn't steal it.
I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)
I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.
I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could.