In the word of no master am I bound to believe.
I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught.
The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin.
Don't believe everything you hear on the street.
Playing guitar is not a beauty contest.
There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons.
It's no surprise to me or the other Isley brothers that I can sing, because I used to sing all the time in practice. The surprise is that somebody else likes it.
You must expect failure after failure after failure before you succeed.
If you are fond of dressing elegantly, or when you put on your clothes, think of the incorruptible garment of righteousness in which our souls should be arrayed, or of Jesus Christ Who is our spiritual raiment, as it is said: 'For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ' (Gal. 3:27).
In the Bible, the race of life is never considered from the viewpoint of speed. . . We are to run it with patience.
The more faithful preachers are to the Word of God in their preaching, the more liable they are to the charge of hypocrisy. Why? Because the more faithful people are to the Word of God the higher the message is that they will preach. The higher the message, the further they will be from obeying themselves.