Quotes

I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth. I said, "What am I doing here? No, no, not me, not first!" I had to go on stage because there was no one else to go on first - the concert was already two-and-a-half hours late. Everyone was at the hotel seven miles away and couldn't get to the stage because the one back road they thought they could take was completely blocked. I was alone on stage for two-and-a-half hours before any of the other performers came!

I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.

[on the song 'Freedom performed at Woodstock] For me, the oddest thing was, I had to go see the movie to see what I did. I remember 'Freedom' and I remember 'Motherless Child,' but I didn't remember how it was structured. And I went to the movies and I saw it. It was the first time I saw myself on the screen, anywhere.