Don't Get Even, Get Mad.

Most Of What Has Been Written About Me Is One Big Blur, But I Do Remember Being Described In One Simple Word That I Agree With. It Was In A Piece That Tore Me Apart For My Personal Behavior, But The Writer Said That When The Music Began And I Started To Sing, I Was "honest."

Bad Reviews I've Gotten Never Diminished The Number Of People In My Audience; Good Reviews Have Never Added To The Number Of People In My Audience; Be Your Own Critic.

Oh, I Just Wish Someone Would Try To Hurt You So I Could Kill Them For You.

The Record Shows, I Took The Blows . And Did It My Way.

A Friend To Me Has No Race, No Class And Belongs To No Minority. My Friendships Were Formed Out Of Affection, Mutual Respect And A Feeling Of Having Something Strong In Common. These Are Eternal Values That Cannot Be Racially Classified. This Is The Way I Look At Race.