I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day, every day, for about 40 years and it never occurred to me it'd kill me. If I'd have continued it might have killed me. My doctor said I should stick to wine.

Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.

It is a great life, this life of music.

There's been so much bad blood between the Kurds and the Turks.

The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair

Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.

I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

My first wife was a theater person.

The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.

The all-time greatest Atlantic group - The Drifters

My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.

our mission does not consist in our appearance, a beautiful haircut or in showing off our body, decorations and clothes

Let the sun shine in our Heart all other places is a extra gift.Jan Jansen

Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified.

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul man cannot live in health without them.

The greatest fear comes when God is a stranger.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!

Britney and I wore matching denim outfits [to the 2001 American Music Awards]. Yeah, another bad choice. I'd probably pay good money to get some of those pictures off the internet.

If luck weren't involved, I'd win every tournament!

I don't understand these national awards, because half of those who sit in judgement over Indian films do not... possess the competence to evaluate a film correctly.