Thank God that I had the ability to understand that I had a different beat and that I was a drummer.

I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.

For goodness sake, look at those cakes.

In our advanced technological age, most people deny the possibility of miracles.... Miracles don't happen, we are told, because they contravene the laws of nature and worse, they sound religious! Yet we live and move in a sea of miracle.

Takes a man or a woman to say I'm sorry, and it takes a fool to walk away.

I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use

Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there.