One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!

The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.

Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me.

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.

When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.