If funkytown was a trailerpark, this guy would be a double-wide.

The music was my friend, my lover, my family.

Not everything you do is going to be a masterpiece, but you get art there and you try and sometimes it really happens. The other times you’re just stretching your soul.

The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.

Naturally, if you love somebody, you do want to see their face every now and again, but that's not a condition of your love. People often get possession mixed up with love, and they say, "If you really loved me, you would call me." How - when life is going on? I think of you all the time, and the thought of you always lifts my spirits. But I'm not right at the phone!

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one of us is born with creativity.