Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
The trouble with records is that they're too short.
They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.
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!