I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God.

The last time I saw Elvis was when I played my second New Year's Eve show for him in 1970.

This business is always changing. If you’re going to be a leader, you’ve got to take chances.

Now is now, and I live everything one day at a time. The fact that I’m still on the planet and able to still make music is such a miracle.

I had 12 years of classical music as a child, playing piano competitions as a teenager, playing in blues bands and rock ‘n’ roll bands, country and jazz bands. I played in about any situation.

I don’t see here on this side; but I will see on the other side. I know I’ll get to see. I know I’ll get to walk those golden streets and I’ll get to see Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego; and I’ll get to see the Lord. Oh yes I will.

I love the ‘Delilah’ show. I’ve been listening to it for years and years. It’s incredible. She’s always got a song for the right occasion. Many people call in, maybe their spirit it a little down, and she lifts them up. She is really somebody special. She’s a lifeline to a lot of people.

When I’m with my wife, I know she’s a beautiful woman. I know that, and more than that, it’s what she is inside. She’s beautiful inside; she loves music like I do. That’s the thing that brought us together and probably keeps us together.

You can walk out on me tonight, if you think that it ain’t feeling right, but darling, there’s no getting over me.

Music is not just my passion it’s my companion.