I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan.
Don't raise me up, I am but a messenger.
The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again
I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.
Music is a safe kind of high.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."-Jimi Hendrix
All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.
It's time for a new National Anthem. America is divided into two definite divisions. The easy thing to cop out with is sayin' black and white. You can see a black person. But now to get down to the ni...
My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.
Music is my religion.
Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.
It's funny how most people love the dead, once you're dead your made for life.
My nature just changes.
The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music.
I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out.