I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

I'm perfectly fine now if I never went on stage again.

The choice that I made was from my best music, for the songs that I knew that the public liked. Then, when I recorded my new songs I found that my old material had not faded, it was still current, the music was good and the songs were great. I sat in my house and listened, got the chills, and I thought, how great is that? It hasn't dated, it hasn't gone anywhere, and it's great.

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

People hold on to what they like. They discard what they don't...

I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers.

I want to know what the difference between the essence of a man and woman is.