Our accomplishments show what kind of people we are.

Every show that sells out is like a hero's welcome for me.

Your life has to consist of more than 'Black people should unite.' You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day.

Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.

I thought that some of my best records was when there wasn't a lot of work being done on it, like 'Winter in America' and 'Secrets' and when there weren't a whole lot of people in the studios.

Everything that's bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because that's the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.