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.

My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me. Here is a state that used to lynch people like me suddenly declaring my version of a song as its state song. That is touching.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder and tears are only rain to make love grow.

I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I'm doing.

All my life I've always been so blue, born to lose, and now I'm losing you.