"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."

"I don't have any regrets. I've had a wonderful life."

"I think that if you just get in there and play, it doesn't matter what kind of music it is, just play."

"I don't socialize with white people. I work with them."

"I don't think about yesterday or tomorrow. I just think about today."