I don't trip on that much. I just like to enjoy life and be happy.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people.

I'd definitely love to play in Nashville again. That would be really good.

DJs and people in the street know what they like.

I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the same as others feel about their work.

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.

Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries.

I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.

I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've been putting records out every year.

People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen as I play; I'm not caught up in defining the type of music I play.

Failure should be archived in head, not heart!

Every leader has the courage to make decisions. No decision is usually the worst decision.

Beside me the monstrumologist murmured, "I believe I am in hell, therefore I am there.

People without a will are afraid of failure and failure is afraid of people with a will

There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.

John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the Con into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the VAT into Conservative!

I don't believe in tame poetry. . . . Poetry busts guts.

I've been studying drugs for years.

I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.

As the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods.