Bobby Womack

You knew the difference between Barbra Streisand and Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles, straight away. Now everyone sounds like each other, and I don't think that's right. ”

Leave them wanting more and you know they'll call you back. ”

When I was a kid, during those days, you couldn't use instruments. It was against the pastor's religion, so all the singers would make these instruments with their voices. It was just unbelievable. I couldn't explain it. ”

I'm amazed by the ground that I covered. The music's the number-one thing. And if it isn't, you better quit now. ”

I was on stage with Cyndi Lauper, and my trousers split. It seemed like she was going to sing for ever. ”

Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it. Jimi was just different. ”

I like to swim, I like to play with my dogs and I love to eat - but I have to start watching that because my suits are getting too small. ”

Plantation gospel music was the stuff I fell in love with when I was a kid - these beautiful melodies and these hard, hard stories. ”

It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you. ”

People think you have to go through a lot of changes to become a soul singer, You just have to go through life. ”