“I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.”

“I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.”

“When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.”

“Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.”

“We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.”

“I am the perfect version of me.”

“But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.”

“I don't want the world to keep turning without me on it.”

“There is no end to wonder once one starts really looking.”

“Look upon the world with loving eyes and the reflection everyone sees will contain love.”

“Go look in the mirror and have a talk with your real boss”

“The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.”

“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.”

“The moral of the tale is, don't live for the approval of others. The real you is here to find out the secret of life, not to satisfy someone else's opinion.”