Do it right or don't do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there's something I want to do, I'm one of those people that won't be satisfied until I get it done. If I'm trying to sing something and I can't get it, I'm going to keep at it until I get where I want it.

If you can play the blues, you can do anything.

What I've got to live up to, is being myself. If I do that, the rest will take care of itself.

I sing what I sing true. Each night I sing it the way I feel that night.

I heard someone say that all black people got rhythm. Bullshit.

I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder and tears are only rain to make love grow.