No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces that drove his soul in one direction and mine in another.

We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.

As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.

I'm very happy with this new record. It's dealing with different aspects of love-it's me making a statement about people doing something with their lives. It is about caring for others.

Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.

I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound, and knowing the music business the way I do-all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected.

The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.

I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.

The whole system of society tells you what to do.

I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.