This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs.

I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.

I used to play one job and have 125 pair of shoes on the floor. What was I doing? I couldn't wear but one pair.

What everybody's looking for today, they're looking for escape-ism.

I don't really care what people think, ... I just do my own thing. ... I like being loud and letting people know I'm there.

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

I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.