"I don't care if I'm playing for a king or a pauper, I just play my best."

"There are some things that if you have to ask, you'll never know."

"I never thought I'd live to see the day when a black man could walk into a white restaurant and eat."

"I don't like to talk about my past. I like to live in the present."

"I'm not a politician. I'm a musician. I play music. That's all I do."