I don't pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself...and I'm too vain to play anything I think is bad.

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

You have to be born with it. You can't even buy it. If you could buy it, they'd have it at the next Newport Festival.

Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.

Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.

The music speaks for itself!

White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything - you know what I mean?