Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.

There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected

If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship.

I know that I am a black man in a white world. . . I know that I never had it made.

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.

A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.

My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

Simply blessed.

I am younger each year at the first snow.

Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.

The digital premium business content model is broken and we should all be taking appropriate steps now to ensure the viability of this business is preserved by other means.

The essence of femininity is to absolutely love being a woman.

I have a good life. I have nothing to complain about, and the music is just too interesting.

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.

I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.

To have ideas one must have imagination. To express ideas one must have science.