I'd sing with Roberta Flack in a taxi if you called up and said she'd be in it..

I adore being with Roberta. I adore being in her spiritual light. I adore being close to her talent and gifts..

I never want to fake it. That's my whole thing..

Life is too short to harbor any hostilities towards anybody..

If you think about it, everything we do in life is set to some kind of music..

In the last couple of years I've been picking up my guitar again..

There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was..

The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small..

If you have a Stradivarius and nobody to play it, it's just a Stradivarius. Or is it even that? It's nothing..

I mean, on the food chain, do instruments really rate? I don't think so..

I have to choose songs that represent my personality..

Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone i….

For me, the other thing is not just a strong sense of spirituality..

Trends don't mean very much to me. They come, they go, they turn around..

I'm having fun just being a musician as well as an artist at this point..

But my attitude about it is I have miles to go before I sleep..

I'm not angry at anyone..

Every significant event that takes place in our lives is set to some kind of music..

I think you create your own hipness..