I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
I do love to sing Jacques Brel songs, intensely. I get terribly excited, just by reading a couple of lines in any one of his songs.
It doesn't matter to me what is going on today because my music encompasses every kind of mood that exists in human beings. That's my stick.
Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.
This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet.