Music is the center of my life.

I know I'm different, but I don't think about it.

It's time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can use me best.

I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I've done my whole life, without thought.

What is love but a prelude to sorrow...with heartache ahead for your goal.

My people have very subtle slang, inflections and ways of saying things that has little to do with words. If you're from the same place, you'll feel the jargon and know exactly what's happening. Same with any neighborhood cat. What he sees and hears and feels and lives makes him what he is. That's what blues is.

My singing, if you want to call it that is merely another medium of expression. Just an instrument I play. That's how I see my voice.