Deep inside I feel that this world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that in its primordial form all of creation is sound and that it's not just random sound, that it's music. You've heard the expression, music of the spheres? Well, that's a very literal phrase. In the Gospels, we read, "And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul." That 'breath of life' to me is the music of life and it permeates every fiber of creation.

I've forgotten many things, but I'll never forget a melody.

Loyalty is such a rare quality; but my fans are the most loyal in the world.

It's easy to say I love you with your mouth. But I like when people say I love you with their heart.

You can bring out your inner self and moods through dancing. Music does the same.

All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different dances from the catwalk, to the jitterbug, to the Charleston, to break dancing -\-\ all these are forms of black dancing...What would [life] be without a song, without a dance, and joy and laughter, and music.

Start with the man in the mirror. Start with yourself. Don't be looking at all the other things. Start with you.