I just believe in my Indian, spiritual god and my music.

God is playing my guitar, I am with God when I play.

You know, I'm an eagle, flying around in the mountains.

Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain.

I'm surprised that I actually pulled off the recording, getting all those people at the same time.

Money don't rule me, record companies don't rule me.

But I don't believe in organised politics, organised religion, organised music, organised anything.

Soul music is pain - you can hear the slaves, the beatin' and the hurtin'.

Because I'm not the same today as I was in '58, or '59 or even '71.

If you went to see me today, you might not like my music.

If you want to shake the world shake yourself and move on the world will also move with you invariably and inevitably under your foot stap

Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.

When you can find a strong character and a director that does want to protect the integrity of all characters, female and male, then you have a good deal.

Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.

Be content with an ordinary life.

No. I don’t regret it. It wasn’t the right thing to do, but I don’t regret it. - Toni

We serve life, not because it is broken, but because it is holy.

Our minorities alone are in a position to know what the fathers of our democracy were talking about.

Brighten someone's by adding a spoon full of kindness.

If you can say it, it begins to exist.