Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.
I taught myself to tune in to another persons wavelength, figure out what they were looking for, and try to project that thing back at them.
We are put on this earth to have a good time. This makes other people feel good. And the cycle continues.
From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them.
I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You just keep me healthy and I'll do all I can to try to turn people around, to try to steer 'em in the right direction. ' That's the whole trip in life, ya know.
Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper.
If you do right, everything will come out right.
The prospering of God's cause on earth depends upon his people thinking well.
My past is a bit checkered.
A movement with some lasting organization is a lot less dramatic than a movement with a lot of demonstrations and a lot of marching and so forth. The more dramatic organization does catch attention quicker. Over the long haul, however, it's a lot more difficult to keep together because you're not building solid. . . A lasting organization is one in which people will continue to build, develop and move when you are not there.
The last guy tried to get out of me writing him a ticket by saying, 'Kiss me, big boy, kiss me like there's no tomorrow!'. . . as I recall, I didn't write that ticket.