Purity of heart means the control of the imagination and the rigorous care of the affections.
I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.
You're gonna know my name by the end of the night
I don't believe in competition, ain't nobody else like me around
I was just a very emotional player. I wore my emotions on my sleeve. I pretty much told you how I felt. I didn't mince words, so to speak. If I felt bad, I let you know that I felt bad. If I felt you were playing sorry, I told you. If I was playing sorry, I told myself that. I came from an era when losing really hurt. I didn't see anything good about it.
All I can do is do what I can do, and do what I know how to do. I do what I love to do, and that's pretty much it.
I think '60s are appealing to creative people, because it seemed to be a time of endless possibilities, when the boundaries of what could be considered popular culture were being expanded almost by the week. It doesn't feel like that anymore. At times, I wish it were so. Radio is a perfect example; good God, I mean, back then the most interesting songs were also hits, and that's just not true anymore. It hasn't been true in a long time.
When people realize you're not the stuffed shirt they think you are it's such a relief and you have people who really like to be around you.
I'm as good as Jean-Claude Van Damme when it comes to martial arts. Sounding a little cocky aren't I
Whenever I work on the computer, I have folders and you know how you always give everything working titles, if you have a riff or a motif or a chord progression or a lyric written on a page, it's just a line or a word or something so I always give everything a working title when I'm making a folder.