Love Is A Special Word, And I

When I Started To Sing Like Myself - As Opposed To Imitating Nat Cole, Which I Had Done For A While - When I Started Singing Like Ray Charles, It Had This Spiritual And Churchy, This Religious Or Gospel Sound. It Had This Holiness And Preachy Tone To It. It Was Very Controversial. I Got A Lot Of Criticism For It.

My Version Of 'georgia' Became The State Song Of Georgia. That Was A Big Thing For Me, Man. It Really Touched Me. Here Is A State That Used To Lynch People Like Me Suddenly Declaring My Version Of A Song As Its State Song. That Is Touching.

I'm Not Into The Money Thing. You Can Only Sleep In One Bed At A Time. You Can Only Eat One Meal At A Time, Or Be In One Car At A Time. So I Don't Have To Have Millions Of Dollars To Be Happy. All I Need Are Clothes On My Back, A Decent Meal, And A Little Loving When I Feel Like It. That's The Bottom Line.

Live Each Day Like It's Your Last, 'cause One Day You Gonna Be Right

I Cant Retire From Music Any More Than I Can Retire From My Liver. Youd Have To Remove The Music From Me Surgically—like You Were Taking Out My Appendix.