The world I was born into was one filled with music.

Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members.

I don't worry about being in a hurry anymore, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time.

I will always dance in the street.

If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.

You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.

After years of making wrong decisions in my life, in 1977 I found out that it was all right to be square, simple, and sober.