I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.

I've always explored various areas of society.

Being rich means you get to worry about everything except money.

That was the big thing when I was growing up, singing on the radio. The extent of my dream was to sing on the radio station in Memphis. Even when I got out of the Air Force in 1954, I came right back to Memphis and started knocking on doors at the radio station.

Gospel music is so ingrained into my bones. I can't do a concert without singing a gospel song. It's what I was raised on.

There's a man going 'round taking names / And he decides who to free and who to blame / Everybody won't be treated all the same / There'll be a golden ladder reaching down / When the Man comes around.

As sure as God made black and white, what's done in the dark will be brought to the light.