I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.

I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.

I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.

I thank God for making me a man.

I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.

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.

I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.