LIVE for LIFE, but let live everybody

I am not going to be dictated to by fans, certainly. I am dictated enough to by my record company to last me a million years.

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.

What about this overcrowded land/How much more abuse from man can she stand?

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.

To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and show that there is more to this world than what meets the eye.

When I get that feeling, I want some sexual healing.