Now I get exposure first with people directly in the clubs. This is a unique situation for me.

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.

Life is spiritual light.

Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day.

I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing.

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.

What the Man-Moth fears most he must do.

My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater.

And you don't want to just totally mess up the rhythm when you're playing with Bob Dylan.

Women would rather be right than reasonable.

I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy but I don't - life is a blessing.

I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.