"I was a sloppy kid, wanted to be just wild."
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"I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute."
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"I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy."
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"A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight."
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"Johnny Guitar... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis in the '50s when I was a teenager. We traveled the country in a car together.I would hear him sing every night."
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"Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude."
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"They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something."
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"When Malcolm X was assassinated I was working at the Apollo. They brought his body to the Unity Funeral Home, which was around the corner."
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"I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances."
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"Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang."
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"Country music has the great stories."
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"I figured I could do "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" because I believe it's the truth."
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"This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of recording, I really had control over an entire album, start to finish."
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"My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday."
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"Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person."
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"Once you lose the weight, you're really anxious to eat healthy."
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"I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him."
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"To me, country music is like the blues, but it's something very hip and - I don't want to say commercial - but it's very worldly and good listening."
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