My songs, they have just the one chord, there's none of that fancy stuff you hear now, with lots of chords in one song. If I find another chord I leave it for another song.

See, I have a different type of music from other peoples. They playing the other kind of blues, and I'm playing cotton-patch blues.... Ain't nobody now can play the blues that I play.

Politics is pointless if it does nothing to enhance the beauty of our lives.

I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts.

Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

Trust that your message is a unique one that people need to hear.

It seems that they're playing with one leg tied together.

There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation.

I resist my temptations in order to feel i am free.

Rest with the glittering stars, George Michael. You've found your Freedom, your Faith. It was your Last Christmas, and we shall miss you.

It's the impeded stream that sings