I was born with music inside me

Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.

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.

You ask me what I'd like to do that I haven't done and I say 'Nothin'!' I haven't any mountains to climb or oceans to swim. I've been an extremely blessed individual. ... I'm not clamorin' for more trinkets. If I were to die tomorrow, I could say I've had a good life.

It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.

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.

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