The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.

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

I was born with music inside me

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

I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.

When I'm having a rehearsal and there are new guys who come in to try out for the job, I always let my conductor rehearse them. Because I don't want the guy to get bent out of shape, because I walk in.

I cant retire from music any more than I can retire from my liver. Youd have to remove the music from me surgically—like you were taking out my appendix.