It's a wonderful feeling just being in this creative motif.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people.

I'd definitely love to play in Nashville again. That would be really good.

DJs and people in the street know what they like.

I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the same as others feel about their work.

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.

Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries.

I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.

I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've been putting records out every year.

I don't trip on that much. I just like to enjoy life and be happy.

O Stunden in der Kindheit, da hinter den Figuren mehr als nurVergangnes war und vor uns nicht die Zukunft.

I'd rather be lost than be somewhere I don't belong.

I believe if you're not a very curious person by nature, its unlikely you'll become rich at all or make it to the top. Smart is curious.

What seems good turns bad, what seems bad turns good. It is an endless cycle.

I don't understand "The Little World of the Past" [a reference to the title of the book by Antonio Fogazzaro] that is destined to die.

The irresistible force meets the immovable object.

You can always create your own experience of life in a beautiful and enjoyable way if you keep your love turned on within you- regardless of what other people say or do.

Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.

The goodness you do might fail; but keep doing it, because the real failure is never doing goodness!

When photography was invented, people had to make room in their minds for the idea that the dead would always be visible.