If God watches over a little sparrow, you know, if he takes care of the birds, a little sparrow. Here I am, one of his children, you know, he got so many of us down here. Human beings that send our faith up and believe. And if he watch over a sparrow, I know he watches over me.

I don't want to be home just taking medicine and waiting to die, you know? That's not something I'm about.

Youth. The fact that, in the mid-'90s, guys like Lee Fields gave me and all these young people the chance to do backup. I was in my 30s, but some of those guys were still teenagers. Others were 22 and 23 - babies, all of them.

There ain't no way I'm going to be droppin' nothing. If I was in my twenties, maybe. But now I try to keep it looking decent. I don't want to expose too much of my bare ass.

My fans have written me such kind emails. My management at Daptone helped me heal, too. I'm in a good place.

Doctors removed my gallbladder and pancreas, which are supposed to break down sugar and alcohol.

Record designers marvel on that stuff. They go back and look at old covers, then make new ones.