I'm not bitter. Why should I be bitter? I'm thrilled to death with life.

Of travel I've had my share, man, I've been everywhere.

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town.

I've never been accused of a felony. I never spent time behind bars except for a few overnight jail times back in the Sixties. [But] I think there's a little bit of a criminal in all of us. Everybody's done something they don't want anybody to know about.

I expect my life to end pretty soon. You know, I'm 71 years old. I have great faith, though. I have unshakable faith.

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

My arms are too short to box with God.