Minds ripen at very different ages.
Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.
Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.
Time is long but life is short.
If you don't ask, you don't get.
Sometimes I wish I could drive a car, but I'm gonna drive a car one day, so I don't worry about that.
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.
Did you know that true love asks for nothing? Her Acceptance is the way we pay.
God gave me life to continue to do things that I would never have done.
Do you know, it's funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage.
My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.
What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.
Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with.
Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall
I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.