I've never had any problems with women. Having been one of the world's greatest womanizers they've probably had more problems with me.

I'd been studying the microphone for a dozen years, and I suddenly saw what I'd been doing wrong. I'd been singing too loud. One night I was listening to a record by Lester Young, the horn player, and it came to me. Relax, just relax. It's all going to be all right.

War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate

Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.

An artist, if he is truly an artist, is only interested in one thing and that is to wake up the minds of men, to have mankind and womankind realize that there is something greater than what we see on the surface.

I don't make records for pleasure. I did when I was a younger artist, but I don't today. I record so that I can feed people what they need, what they feel. Hopefully, I record so that I can help someone overcome a bad time

Music, not sex, got me aroused.