"We've got to live together! I am no better, and neither are you. We are the same whatever we do. You love me, you hate me, you know me and then, You can't figure out the bag I'm in.I am everyday people! (yeah yeah)"

"End of the spring and here she comes back Hi hi hi hi there Them summer days, those summer days.That's when I had most of my fun, back High high high high there Them summer days, those summer days."

"There is a blue one who can't accept the green one For living with the black one, trying to be a skinny one. Different strokes, for different folks! And so on, and so on, and scooby-dooby-doo. (oooh, sha sha!)"

"Sometimes I'm right, I can be wrong. My own beliefs are in my song. A butcher, a banker, a drummer, and then Makes no difference what group I'm in.I am everyday people! (yeah yeah)"

"I'm livin' livin' livin' life with all its ups and downs. I'm givin' givin' givin' love and smilin' at the frowns. You're in trouble when you find it's hard for you to smile. A simple song might make it better for a little while."

"Beat is getting stronger, Feel it getting stronger. Sound is getting longer, too. Music is a thought to me.I want to, I want to I wanna take you higher (take you higher) I wanna take you higher (take you higher)."

"Stand! In the end you'll still be you, One that's done all the things you set out to do. Stand! There's a cross for you to bear; Things to go through if you're going anywhere. Stand! For the things you know are right. It's the truth that the truth makes them so uptight. Stand! All the things you want are real; You have you to complete and there is no deal."

"Youth and truth are makin' love. Dig it for a starter. Dyin' young is hard to take, Sellin' out is harder.I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin. Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin."

"All we need is a drummer For people who only need a beat, yeahh! I'm gonna add a little guitar, And make it easy to move your feet. I'm gonna add some bottom, So that the dancers just won't hide."

"Let's dance, let's shout! Shake your body down to the ground."

"I try to do what's right for me, But no-one sees the way I see, And then I try to please them so, But how far can this pleasing go?"

"Sometimes I cry cause I'm confused, Is this a fact of being used? There is no life for me at all, 'Cause I give myself at beck and call."

"All the colors of the world should be, Lovin' each other wholeheartedly. Yes, it's all right. Take my message to your brother and tell him twice Spread the word and try to teach the man Who's hating his brother when hate won't do, When we're all the same, 'Cause the blood inside me is inside of you."

"As we walked into the room There were faces staring, glaring, tearing through me, Someone said, 'Welcome to your doom,' Then they smiled with eyes that looked as if they knew me, This is scaring me."

"Memories of growing up And working hard Our childhood passed us by"

"I don't know what's gonna happen to you, baby, But I do know that I love you, You walk around this town with your head all up in the sky, And I do know that I want you."

"When we played tag in grade school, You wanted to be it. But chasing boys was just a fad You crossed your heart you'd quit."

"You and I must make a pact We must bring salvation back Where there is love, I'll be there (I’ll be there) I'll reach out my hand to you I'll have faith in all you do Just call my name and I'll be there (I’ll be there)"

"Even though the pain and heartache seems to follow me wherever I go, Though I try and try to hide my feelings, they always seems to show."

"Automatic Systematic. Full of color self-contained. Tuned and gentle to your vibes."

"You’re the one I’ve been searchin’ for Like a special treat, in a candy store."

"That we can help each other to overcome. We can do it, we can do it now. Live together underneath the sun. Please, please, please just let me show ya"

"This magic music grooves me. That dirty rhythm moves me. The devil's gotten to me Through this dance."

"People all over the world Are the same everywhere I go, I give in to this, I give in to that, Every day it bothers me so, Am I in a bad situation, People taking me to the extreme, Am I being used? I just need a clue, I don't know which way to go."

"Soul music … arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying."

"What they call rock and roll now is rhythm and blues: I've been playing for 15 years in New Orleans."

"When I think of soul, I think of grease 'cause ain't nothin' no good without the grease."

"Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. … This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it."

"But now if I can wrap myself up in that song, and when that song gets to be a part of me, and affects me emotionally, then the emotions that I go through, chances are I’ll be able to communicate to you. Make the people out there become a part of the life of this song that you’re singing about. That’s soul when you can do that."

"There's not many Americans, certainly not many of the teenagers I met when I first went to America, knew anything about [rhythm & blues artists] at all. … They do now, which is very groovy."

"God would be a very selfish god if he gave all the soul to one race. … When one sings from the heart and it reaches another heart, that's soul."

"Soul is truth, … no matter where it comes from, no matter how it is presented."