"I have found people on both sides of the aisle, white and black, that'll give you the shirt off their back. And I've also found people that won't give you a piece of bread if you're starving to death."
"The music is the message, the message is the music. So that's my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me - a little ministry called love and happiness."
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Source: Al Green: What I've Learned by Larry Getlen, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
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