Music doesn`t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

I feel guilty when people say I`m the greatest on the scene. What`s good or bad doesn`t matter to me; what does matter is feeling and not feeling. If only people would take more of a true view and think in terms of feelings. Your name doesn`t mean a damn, it`s your talents and feelings that matter. You`ve got to know much more than just the technicalities of notes; you`ve got to know what goes between the notes.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will finally know peace.

You have to forget about what other people say; when you`re supposed to die, when you`re supposed to be lovin`. You have to forget about all these things. You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

Once you`re dead, you`re made for life.

I will be dead in five years` time, but while I am here, I will travel many highways and I will, of necessity, die at a time when my message of love, peace, and freedom can be shared with people all over the world.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Castles made of sand fall in the sea eventually.