Drunken talk isn’t meant to be printed in the paper.

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.

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.

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

Sometimes my dreams are so deep that I dream that I'm dreaming.

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.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.