Al Green

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. ”

No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed. ”

I started singing when I was a little kid. I was about nine when we had a group with my four brothers. We sang spirituals. The old regular thing. ”

Free music, to me, is music without boundaries. It's music that... says you don't have to play a blues in three chord change. See what I'm saying? Music that can go from any range. ”

Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, 'I'm not stupid'. No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed. ”

I'm thankful for every moment. ”

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. ”

Al Green Explores Your Mind' is really kind of a very personal record for me. ”