In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly.

I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers.

You got to get it while you can.

You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?

People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.

I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it

You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.