I won't wear rings and jewelry on the stage because I don't want you looking at my hands. I want you hearing what I'm saying.

If I wasn't my age, I would turn a flip. I would do some cartwheels. That's how I feel.

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning

There's still injustice happening in my world. I sing my songs at concerts and I'm so grateful that the people are ready to hear them.

I have to pinch myself sometimes. It's unbelievable, but it's not. Because I know that this would not be happening if it hadn't been for Dr. Martin Luther King.

Well Lord, I'm still on the case. I'm still doing what Dr. King and Pops want me to do. I'm still on that freedom highway, and I'm going to walk on it until Dr. King's dream is realized.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

We stay strong. We stay positive, keep our heads up, love one another, spread love. The Devil can't win when you have God on your side.

There is a great feeling in a small venue, with the closeness of the people and the intimacy.

Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.

I have fun just about everywhere I go.

Like the morning sun, raise the brightness of your love to include everyone.

Beauty is all around you. To find it, you need love filled eyes to search for it.

Cancer is a very sad thing, but you can always take something from every experience.

All fear comes from trying to see the future, Biff. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid.

How do you become enlightened? Have fun, meditate, don't take yourself too seriously, brush between incarnations and have a good teacher.

My point is: in this whole wide world the only person you can depend on is you.

If you say the Holy Rosary every day, with a spirit of faith and love, our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son's path.

Goyim kill goyim and the Jews are blamed.

Pessimism is my default setting.

The problem with this world is the unequal distribution of capitalism.