Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business.

Now, we own a publishing house that's way up in the billions of dollars and gets bigger and bigger. That's probably the only thing that makes me look like Bill…

Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.

My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.

Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach 'retirement' age seem very admirable to me.