Playing guitar is not a beauty contest.

The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin.

Don't believe everything you hear on the street.

You get to the point in life where you realize you have to roll up your sleeves, deal with the consequences of what happens, and carry your own weight.

My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha and the Vandellas. Ah, the fond memories of being 14.

I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught.

There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons.

It's no surprise to me or the other Isley brothers that I can sing, because I used to sing all the time in practice. The surprise is that somebody else likes it.

Gratitude is arriving at the point where your expectations, accumulation and anticipations make way for appreciation, reflection and celebration.

Self importance is self pride.

P26 - Only power that springs from the weakness of the oppressed will be sufficiently strong to free both.

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

There is an artist imprisoned in each one of us. Let him loose to spread joy everywhere.

Getting hurt and narrowly escaping death is sort of a thing for me.

If your body could speak, what would it say?

Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.

I also play a little bit of Tiger Woods once in awhile. Get on the golf course there, and pretend that I'm beating him.

A sense of achievement improves general confidence and self-esteem.