If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I'd save on shoes alone.

Heaven is laying in my sweet baby's arms, hell is when my baby's not here.

You've got to care about the music...You'd better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money. And you'd sure better not be doing it because it's a way to make a living, 'cause that ain't always going to be easy. You got to believe it, believe in the music. You got to mean it.

He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what's right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong.

I ain't got no reverse. I've learned, a little later in life, it works out pretty good to have one every once in a while.

There's always one more way to do something-- your way.

You know, I feel sorry for the young artists.