Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock.

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.

And I'd like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it's just as hard to cut.

I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize.

Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.

People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.