When I think of that dear rugged cross where the dear Saviour gave his all... When I feel like I'm on my last go round, see me through.

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

A lot of things come together to make up a song. It's just images.

I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple. I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it...Music is spiritual. The music business is not. Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

If you're with a good band and everybody's from the old school, it's different. When you're in your element, you're in your element and things just come. You don't have to drag them out or force them out. They just happen.

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice.

Jackie Wilson said it was Reet-Petite, kind of love you got knock me off my feet.