(Night Time Is) The Right Time. |
Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine. |
Do it right or don't do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there's something I want to do, I'm one of those people that won't be satisfied until I get it done. If I'm trying to sing something and I can't get it, I'm going to keep at it until I get where I want it. |
I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing. |
I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing. |
I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear. |
I don't think any of us really KNOWS why we're here. But I think we're suppose to BELIEVE we're here for a purpose. |
I hear like you see -- like that hummingbird outside that window for instance. |
I loved those cats at Atlantic. They were the only record guys who never told me what to do. Ahmet (Ertegun) let me do what I wanted to do and I loved him for that. |
I never considered myself part of rock 'n' roll. My stuff was more adult. It was more difficult for teenagers to relate to; my stuff was filled with more despair than anything you'd associate with rock 'n' roll. Since I couldn't see people dancing, I didn't write jitterbugs or twists. I wrote rhythms that moved me. My style requires pure heart singing. |
I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. |
I still sit and wonder, how can we have war in these times? |
I Walk the Line. |
I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water. |
I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in the ass I've gotten over the years for being black and everything else, without actually saying a word about it. |