There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when I was younger although they have been very supportive in later life.

I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do

Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it.

I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on.

I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work.

So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now.

The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.

The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have no parallel in our history, not only during the period of slavery but also in the Jim Crow era that followed.

The early morning hour should be dedicated to praise: do not the birds set us the example?

We teach girls shame; close your legs, cover yourself, we make them feel as though by being born female they're already guilty of something.

I want to direct. Definitely a goal of mine.

Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.

I don't know what reality television does, but it breaks up relationships.

I looked at you... and saw your goodness, your hope, and your faith. Those are what make you beautiful. So, so beautiful. So it was't my hair?

Rituals keep us from forgetting what must not be forgotten and keep us rooted in a past from which we must not be disconnected.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.