I used to read a lot of Steinbeck, and I admired Roger Miller and Bob Dylan.

No one, but no one, is equal, or ever will be. Elvis was and is supreme.

The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.

Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.

What I like about Elvis is the same I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent.

I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but I want to STAY ALIVE.