I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.
Nobody under the sun was like Madonna. She was positive and clear and wholly dedicated to achieving everything that she's achieved.
I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
The shortest distance between two people is a smile.
If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
It's always a pleasure to talk about someone else's work.
I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.
When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.
My work is on the one hand laboured, and on the other completely happenstance and intuitive.
Regardless of your support, you need to make work.
My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.
Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11 A.M. because they've been at a digital meeting.
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.
But the suit I wear is my work attire, and nothing else.
There are times when I've inhaled my work. There are artworks still inside of me.
Women are a key part of the sound of the groups that accompany male singers like Kirk Franklin, Israel Houghton, and myself.
I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore.
I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are probably better ways of doing it.
My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights.
It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn.
There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.
