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

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.

Many times during auditions, I was told that I couldn't carry a note with a bucket, and that I sure couldn't play the piano.

Sighted people, you gotta deal with them.

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.

I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.