The better we feel about ourselves, the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall..

No one can dub you with dignity. That's yours to claim..

You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you reach a fork ….

If your neighbor looks at you like they don't enjoy the key you're singing in, look right back, bless them, and keep on singing..

The blues is celebration, because when you take sorrow and turn it into music, you transform it..