I grew up hard. I picked cotton and plowed with the mule and fixed the cars and played with the guitar and the piano.

I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces.

I can't play piano like I used to either. I used to have bass rolling like thunder. I can't do that no more. But I ask the Lord, please forgive me for the stuff I done trying to make a nickel.

I play any piano with a good tune.

I didn’t have much school. Three years.

True change is within

Teaching Ramanujan was like writing on a blackboard covered with excerpts from a more interesting lecture.

New earths, new themes expect us.

In order to live happily, live hidden

Nature does not pile up 1000 hogs, then hope for the best.

Middle age, my boy. No memory at all.

I tucked him in with his stuffed-animal pet dog—cleverly named Dog-Dog, by the way.

To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.

I like singing in the street, so if you saw a little Indian kid walking on the street singing loudly, that was probably me.

Peace in the struggle to find peace.. comfort on the way to comfort. And if I shed a tear I won't cage it I won't fear love. And if I feel a rage I won't deny it. (I won't fear love.