The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor..

I was a pioneer in MTV and I was there from the very beginning. So I saw how that developed and how loose it was and how much fun it was in its loose….

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know..

You must always be very cautious and be as vigilant as you can. You work diligently to provide a secure environment,..

If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens..

I'm in the trenches; I do the best work I can always do. Having said that, the way that what I do converges with the outside world is fascinating to ….

The Daryls House thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record..

If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself..

Nobody's going to sell 10 million records by not working hard..

I grew up in a very racially integrated place called Pottstown. It was an agricultural / industrial town which has since become a suburb of Philadelp….

Success and failure are equally surprising..

When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that's an amazing feeling. I don't think ….

Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990..

Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one..

Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody t….

I have gone from one relationship to a marriage and stepchildren..

Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death..

To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth..

Around 1974, I graduated into the occult, and spent a sold six or seven years immersed in the Kabala and the Chaldean, Celtic, and Druidic traditions….

The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet's killing the record business, I say, 'Who cares about ….

I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circu….