God is omnipotent, He is omniscient, and He is ever present.

I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds singing these beautiful songs you didn't make?

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

I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.

It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.

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 always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.