Most musicians count at the beginning, and never count and talk to their musicians after that. They only talk to them at the end of the song. But I would count with them and talk.

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.

There are three things a man must do alone. Be born die and testify.

Well, I've just gotten accustomed to just being in Canada for five and a half months a year.

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it

The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization

For me, lost causes are the only ones that are worth fighting for. The other stuff is not worth fighting for.

A sense of humour and a little lack of respect: That's what you need to make a legend survive.

As a rule, ladies of the Royal Family wear light coloured clothes because such colours are more discernible against a great crowd.

Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed and giddy cunning.' That's how you play jazz.

To be great, you must be misunderstood

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation. I never yet talked to the man who wanted to save time who could tell me what he was going to do with the time he saved.