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

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.

Don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be?

Jesus left a long time ago, said he would return. He left us a book to believe in, in it we've got an awful lot to learn.

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.

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

Ain't nothing like the real thing.