I also played with Jimi Hendrix. Jimi would come down and sit in with Retaliation and we would have a ball. He offered me the gig with him at 20 pounds a week, which at that point, was like 60 bucks.

Nowadays I get complaints about long drum solos, but in those days they wanted me to keep on going so they could go over to the bar and have a drink.

I couldn't escape him, now or ever. He'd always be there, consuming my every thought, my heart locked in his hands. I was drawn to him by forces I couldn't control, let alone escape.

Could he really want a relationship with a woman who was at the point in life of trading beauty for wisdom?

When you meet new people and you notice they gossip about people behind their backs just imagine what they say about you behind yours.

He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

Those who earn money know best how to spend it.

Imagine, a Being with a mind as great as God's, with feet like trees and a voice like rushing wind, telling you that you are His cherished creation.

Success at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.

True success and true happiness not only go together but each other enhances the other.