“I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.”

Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago

It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.

I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.

That’s why it’s so important for people today and during any time to expose your children to lots of different kinds of things.

I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..

I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.

Oh, that’s over in aisle seven. I’ll come help you as soon as,” that’s the stuff. Find something. It could be planting flowers, especially if you can watch it.

I sang do-wop on the street corner before it was called do-wop.I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.

I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.

I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee.

I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.

My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time.

I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.

I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.

So given those things yes, I’m introducing some new music that people haven’t really heard me do in quite this fashion.

Until my knee said, “Uh-uh,” I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don’t like walking a lot, but I’ll push them.

Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.

I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon.

I came from a big family – two brothers and two sisters. So, there were always a ton of boys around and a ton of girls around. So, I grew up comfortable with both sexes.

I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.

You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

I don’t write material. Funny things happen to me in the course of a day, and I just make notes.

Pentecost came with the sound of a mighty rushing wind, a violent blast from heaven! Heaven has not exhausted its blasts, but our danger is we are getting frightened of them.