I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.

I'm not a jazz singer, blues singer or country singer. I'm a singer that can sing rhythm & blues, that can sing jazz, that can sing country. There's a big difference. In other words, I'm not a specialist.

I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I'm doing.

I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.

Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.

I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.

[On his heroin addiction:] I did it to myself. It wasn't society...it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.