At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the "mis-de" and you just got meaner and meaner.

I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.

Unless you know what it is I ain't never going to be able to explain it to you.

White folks still in the lead.

I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand.

My life has always been my music, it's always come first, but the music ain't worth nothing if you can't lay it on the public. The main thing is to live for that audience, 'cause what you're there for is to please the people.

If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.