I made wine from the lilac tree/Put my heart in its recipe/It makes me see what I want to see/And be what I want to be
I can read and arrange, but I can't write.
Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I'm singing her music or not.
Funk, gospel, blues is all out of slavery times, out of depression, out of sorrow.
You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".
Anything human can be felt through music, which means that there is no limit to the creating that can be done with music. You can take the same phrase from any song and cut it up so many different ways - it's infinite. It's like God... you know?