I'm playin' the music I like.

[The producer told me:] "We can try one more record, and we'll see how that one does." Those records never did anything. My music never got mentioned. My color got mentioned.

I don't care what anyone does, as long as they go through the copyright office.

I told [my daughter Amy] at an early age that she had a good ear. But I didn't influence her music much. She's pretty much developed her style on her own, and she's a talented songwriter.

I never bothered about keeping track.Every now and then someone records one of my songs, and I get credit for it.

If it's worth remembering, I'll remember it. If something keeps coming back, if I keep thinking of that phrase, if I see manifestations of it at different times and different places, then I feel it's worth making a song out of.

I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon.