"I hate to see a man cry. Especially a strong man."

"I never tried to prove nothing, just wanted to give a good show. My life has been my music, my life has been my people. And my people is music."

"There's some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em."

"I'm not an old man. I'm a young man with a lot of experience."

"It's getting so bad, a colored man hasn't got any country."