You wouldn't be allowed to get on a particular bus, but you'd be asked to sign your autograph.

Every color I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other.

I've seen so much. And I've heard so many great performers. There are performers now that couldn't work back in the days when I came along.

music became my refuge and then my salvation.

I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.

Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X.

The best thing about living... Is the chance to keep on doing it!