We return to you, O earth, the things which you have given us willingly and most graciously; with our hearts, hands and minds, in the best way we know how.

My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music.

It's pretty exciting. An honorary doctorate of the arts. It doesn't get any better.

I came up not understanding that a lot of people didn't start to hear music until they went to college or were turned on by an older brother or sister.

I've only been on MTV once as one of their 'Closet Classics,' with some bootleg footage of a 1970 tour I did in Holland. They didn't know what to make of my music, but they finally invented a name for it - world beat music.

I don't need the credits for playing the blues and paying the dues. I've already done it. There are some other things to do here - movies and scores and voice-overs.