“Music choice on point though.”

When I first met Nelson Mandela, I burst into tears. He is one of the greatest Heroes of my life.⁣

If you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready.

Nothing beats that sibling love.

Find people who share your vision and your dreams and partner up.

The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.

Greatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive, god-like feature that only the special among us will ever taste, it’s something that truly exists in all of us.

Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real, but fear is a choice.

I don’t know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.

I don’t know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.

Boys laugh at what they put girls through – but they won’t be laughing when – they’re wiping tears off their daughters face for the same reason.

Just as a person, just in my life, the way I was raised, my grandmother made it very clear that God will make a way.

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

The best feeling in the world is knowing that you actually mean something to someone.

When Prayers go up, Blessings come down.

I can’t run away when I’m scared. I always have to attack. That’s how I deal with seemingly difficult things.

Remember, don’t try to build the greatest wall that’s ever been built. Focus on laying a single, expertly-placed brick. Then keep doing that, every day.

And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.

You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.

The music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out, like the wild imagination of a child.

The term “genius” gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.