Those moments right before we invaded, I wish that I could have done something. But...
In our darkest hour In my deepest despair Will you still care? Will you be there? In my trials And my tripulations Through our doubts And frustrations In my violence In my turbulence Through my...
Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.
The modern artist... is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.
The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.
Every good painter paints what he is.
You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
Without a song, each day would be a century.
Why you always shout cut just when the spirit's on me?
When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
What'll relieve me is getting back to singing.
What they call jazz here is not the real stuff. Compared to the music I heard in New Orleans, it sounds like tin pans.
We going bring some people closer together. The world can use a lot of that.
Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message.
This will be the first time I've been home without some emergency. I'm a child of the King.
They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
They say I got a tired heart from working so hard; and I got diabetes.
There's plenty more sound just like me down home.
The trouble with records is that they're too short.
The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.