I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they're not alone.

Music is the center of my life.

You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".

Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage. My mother is an Evangelist and I used to play the piano at her revival meetings.

Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.

Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.