I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.

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

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

Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn . . . The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning and killing. Be ready. Be qualified. Own something. Be somebody. That's Black Power.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.

My music wasn't written by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Schubert. It's written by God and me. They go "a one and a two and up." We start on the downbeat. Bam! And that's where we got them.

Take those kids and raise them up, teach them how to drink out of a righteous cup.