Apollo Records signed me for my gospel ability.

If one of us is chained, none of us are free...

I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me.

I don't need to make a fortune, I need to survive.

Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time.

Sometimes its controversy, but we all have our choices that we make.

I was signed to MGM. I was in Vegas for sixteen weeks at the Sands Hotel.

The secret was to just be cool, stay in God's graces, and work it out.

Girls were coming from every angle. I couldn't love them all. But I tried.

As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better.

Im still amazed people remembered and didnt give up on me.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

I'm confident - confident in my skin, and I'm cool with my flaws and all that stuff.

Being able to travel the world is pretty cool. There are places that I've always wanted to go to but being able to go there as somebody who's a musician and is recognised as one is cool.

I'm trying to do what Frank O'Hara did and remind myself there there's a lot of good stuff. I write about New York for my own mental health.

Death is a gift. Without it we wouldn't value life.

At the heart of any good business is a chief executive officer with one.

The muse doesn't come without being called.

When you're improvising, you're relying on this connection to creativity.

Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation.

Being Doctor Who, I used to look at the clock and know at half past four we were going to stop rehearsing - and that was a sad moment for me because I wanted to stay in this beautiful, unreal world.