“My first instrument was a little blue ukele.”

To be a spiritual warrior means to develop a special kind of courage, one that is innately intelligent, gentle, and fearless.

Suddenly life has new meaning to me, there’s beauty up above and things we never take notice of, you wake up suddenly you’re in love.

It’s spiritual – a good feeling. And although you don’t know them personally, the audience are like your friends.

Get outta my dreams Get into my car.

I bought singles until I started working properly and then I started buying albums, so this brings back a lot of teenage memories from being in London before I got work

You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.

People didn’t know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.

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

You really have to count your blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues.

I got an attitude, that’s rude because I walked over Elvis’ grave in some blue suede shoes.

That narrow stretch of sand knows nothing in the world better than it does the white waves that whip it , caress it , collapse on to it .

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.

People like Clyde McPhatter who came out of the black churches – like Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin – were all church singers who became great pop singers because gospel singing is very close to the blues.