Goodbye don't mean gone.

The role of the designer is basically that of a good host, anticipating the needs of the guest.

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically.

I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at a time, or be in one car at a time. So I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back, a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it. That's the bottom line.

Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal.

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