 I'm laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing. |
| When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden. |
| First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that. |
| My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly. |
| If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about. |
| The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold. |
| I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses. |
| Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins. |
| Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling. |
| Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you. |
| The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. |
| Just as we have two eyes and two feet, duality is part of life. |
