I generally sell my records online or at the show. You can undersell the distributor and the stores, and people know what they're getting cause they've just seen you live.

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.

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

The road to overcoming your fears could lead you to unbearable places but sometimes such gives you an edge than nothing else could give.

Somehow, " she said coldly, "you have confused profitable and not profitable for right and wrong. I, however, have not.

I’m now ‘Doctor’ to the patients and I have to cover my ignorance by waving my arms and looking grave.

Think of your day as a blank canvas, and everything you say, your art upon it. Then join your loved ones and friends, and create lasting beauty together, worthy of your inner Rembrandt.

The art of war is the art of deception.

Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.

If our words are not consistent with our actions, they will never be heard above the thunder of our deeds.

I stayed there, curled up into the warmth of your body, under the blankets, like something soft in a shell. Your arms were firm as rock around me.

Every lover's lament has an element of boasting.

To see is to think, and to think is to see.