I'm not in it for my health. I'm a musician and I wanna live the way I do.

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it.

Songs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll be a comfort in today's age.

If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out.

The power of music just kinda kills all those ills; it cures everything and you’ve got more energy just from the music. And, I’ve never seen it fail. It’s good for ya; real good for ya.

Those bad times are important. They give you a chance to practice, listen, take stock, have a life, get your feet back on the ground, and maybe you'll live to tell the story.

If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you.

Music is the language of heaven.

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son.

The crowd is just as important as the group. It takes everything to make it work.

Hope in God makes a happy heart.

Love is the essence, fragrance, and beauty of life.

Reflect upon your present blessings

Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga.

She loved mysteries so much that she became one.

A moment of anger can destroy a lifetime of work, whereas a moment of love can break barriers that took a lifetime to build.

Don't call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.

The idea is to buy when the probability is greatest that the market is going to advance.

Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films.

I like to wear what make me feel great, which can mean the color, or that the fit's right, or that it's just an interesting piece of clothing. I like to change it up.