Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done.

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.

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

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 can't help what I sound like. What I sound like is what i am. You know? I cannot be anything other that what I am.

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