"I don't care if you're black, white, green, or polka dot - if you can do the job, you can do the job."

"You can't sit down and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it."

"I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. But I try to be the best I can be."

"I don't need no doctor. I got my own medicine. It's called music."

"I don't need no sleep. I got to work. I got to make the people happy."