“This accident, or incident, happened in the most secure place I could ...” — Curtis Mayfield Quote

“This accident, or incident, happened in the most secure place I could have felt I was in: Walking onstage with my guitar, you know?”

“As a kid, sometimes you have nobody to turn to. I could always go back to some of the sermons and talk to myself in a righteous manner and put that in a song.”

“I was writing songs from when I was 12. My songs always came from questions that I need answers for.”

“The accident was a horrible thing - but that horrible thing made Chris, at the end of his life, Superman. It's a happy irony if there is such a thing. I'm proud to have known him.”

“If you concentrate on the rear mirror, you'll crash and cause an accident.”

“My father had Parkinson's, though he actually died following a bicycle accident.”