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Quotes

• “Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.”

• “I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.”

• “What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room”

• “Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.”

• “I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.”