I really like listening to music in my car.
I just sing. You have to use it.
I never really got paid for 'Tell It Like Is,' but I look back at it and say God knew what he was doing; he probably figured that if I had got money back in them days, I wouldn't be here now. That's okay. I'm here. And I'm still singing the song.
I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.
I know that God is good, and he saved me from hell and damnation.
Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.
When I was living in the projects, I had a mop stick for my horse. I wanted to be Gene Autry or Roy Rogers, so I would ride my mop through the projects.
My drummer, bass player, and guitar player sing backgrounds. They play and sing. I can sing all the harmonies, but I can't do it alone.
I never left doo wop.
I grew up singing Ray Charles and Jimmy Reed.
When I'm singing, I connect the dots with notes.
I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.
A lot of my solo albums were produced by different people who had their idea of what songs I should do, and they had me doing a lot of ballads.
I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants.
I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.
That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It always fascinated me.
I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.