Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.

I feel guilty when people say I'm the greatest on the scene. What's good or bad doesn't matter to me; what does matter is feeling and not feeling. If only people would take more of a true view and think in terms of feelings. Your name doesn't mean a damn, it's your talents and feelings that matter. You've got to know much more than just the technicalities of notes; you've got to know what goes between the notes.

Castles made of sand fall in the sea eventually.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will finally know peace.

Music is my religion.

You have to forget about what other people say; when you're supposed to die, when you're supposed to be lovin'. You have to forget about all these things. You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.