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 never can overwhelm an instrument. You will never get out all that's in an instrument. An instrument will bring you to your limits.

My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.

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

Sighted people, you gotta deal with them.

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.

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.