There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical.

Half of my heart's got a real good imagination, half of my heart's got you. . .Half of my hearts got a right mind to tell you that half of my heart won't do.

Fathers be good to your daughters, daughters will love like you do. Girls become lovers, who turn into mothers, so mothers be good to your daughters, too.

Songs can be Trojan horses, taking charged ideas and sneaking past the ego's defenses and into the open mind.

I need to learn how to start saying no. Like when someone says ‘please stop choking me.’

I've learned to appreciate everything that has been given to me.

I love you more than songs can say, but I can't keep running after yesterday.