Everybody over there, get on up. Everybody out there, get into it. Everybody right there, get involved.
Takes a man or a woman to say I’m sorry, and it takes a fool to walk away.
You’re like a dull knife, it just ain’t cutting.
Some like them fat, some like them tall, some like them short, skinny legs and all. I like them all.
I’ve been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about.
Papa didn’t cuss, he didn’t raise a whole lot of fuss. But when we did wrong, Papa beat the hell out of us.
If you don’t get it the first time, back up and try it again.
For goodness sake, look at those cakes.
You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.
This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs.
Take those kids and raise them up, teach them how to drink out of a righteous cup.
Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance.
The white horse of heroin will ride you to hell.
I used to play one job and have 125 pair of shoes on the floor. What was I doing? I couldn’t wear but one pair.
I’m twice as old, but I feel good.
Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I’m like Moses in the music business.
I’ve outdone anyone you can name – Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.
I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.
I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we’d have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could.
My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.