I never said I was a genius. I never said I was a cornerstone. I've never said I'm a legend in my own time. You never heard me say anything like that.

What is a soul? It's like electricity— we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

I never learned to stop at the skin. If I looked at a man or a woman, I wanted to see inside. Being distracted by shading or coloring is stupid. It gets in the way. It's something I just can't see.

As long as I can stand it, God, I'll keep on keeping on.

Don't you talk about God! You have any idea how it feels to go blind and still be afraid of the dark? And every day, you stand and pray just for a little light, and you don't get nothing. Cause God don't listen to people like me.

Night time is the right time, to be with the one you love.

I had a woman / Who was always around / But when I lost my money / She put me down

Well I soon found out / Just what she meant / When I had to pawn my clothes / Just to pay the rent

My mother told me / 'Fore she passed away / Said son when I'm gone / Don't forget to pray / Cause there'll be hard times / Lord those hard times / Who knows better than I?

While we seek mirth and beauty and music, light and gay / There are frail forms fainting at the door / Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say / Oh, hard times, come again no more