Challenges Quotes

I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn't matter what the genre; nowadays, it's so much harder than it ever was.

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.

If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.

Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.

Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too, so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can't take the peace.

You can't find the right roads when the streets are paved.

I'm gonna be your friend in high tide or in low tide.

Forget your troubles and dance.

It's rare for anyone to value the opinions of a teenage girl.

When everything in life gets so complicated it only takes a day to change it.

Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.

Trouble just seems to come my way-unbidden, unwelcome, unneeded.

Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while.

I'm in a positive space, but I do have my days. Everybody has their days.

I've had some incredibly triumphal things happen in my life.

My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.

Do you know, it's funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage.

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.