"I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been blind. I might have been a pimp or a dope pusher."

"I'm not a politician. I'm a musician."

"I don't sing to sound like nobody. I sing like me."

"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood."

"I can't retire. What would I do? Sit around and watch my toenails grow?"