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.

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 used to sing like Nat King Cole. I mean he was the guy when I was comin' up, and you know, man, people used to say of me, "Damn, he sure do sound like Nat King Cole." But there was a day, and luckily for me it was early, when I woke up and asked myself, "Well, when are the ask me to sing because I sound like me?" So my advice is, never do anything that you don't like.

If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine.

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

Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.