Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more, no more, no more, no more. Hit the road Jack, don'tcha come back no more.

The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.

I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at a time, or be in one car at a time. So I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back, a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it. That's the bottom line.

Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

I set my own rhythm, and I do believe it was usually a little faster than most other people's.

Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal.

All my life I've always been so blue, born to lose, and now I'm losing you.