Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight.

I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport.

When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six months. The only thing that gave me any real relief was strenuous physical activity.

Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready.

Shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel Things are gonna work out fine if you only will.

I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again.

I think that American music, for me, it's a synthesis of a lot of different things. But for me growing up in North Carolina, the stuff that I was listening to, the things that I was hearing, it was all about Black music, about soul music.