Sighted People, You Gotta Deal With Them.

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.

I Heard Someone Say That All Black People Got Rhythm. Bullshit.

I Don't Think Any Of Us Really Knows Why We're Here. But I Think We're Supposed To Believe We're Here For A Purpose.

I Got A Cow That Went Dry And A Hen That Won't Lay, A Big Stack Of Bills That Gets Bigger Each Day.

You Never Can Overwhelm An Instrument. You Will Never Get Out All That's In An Instrument. An Instrument Will Bring You To Your Limits.