Before I knew it, I was singing, 'I'm so tired of being alone,' and that's Al right there. From then, my attitude was, 'Let Otis be Otis and James be James. I'm not going to emulate them anymore.' — Al Green Copy Share Image
Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, 'I'm not stupid'. No child wants to fail. Everyone… — Al Green Copy Share Image
My dad didn't believe that I was going to make it through school, and that was the only thing I was determined to do,… — Al Green Copy Share Image
I was knocking on people's doors. I knocked on a white couple's door, and I told them, I says, 'Excuse me, but I've been… — Al Green Copy Share Image
I figured that if we had to choose the woman president, she'd be the first woman president, and if we had the kid from Honolulu and the Harvard graduate, we'd have the first black president. They were both lawyers, and they knew the law, and I saw Obama and said that he's got some vision, and that's what a lot… — Al Green Copy Share
God told me, 'I gave you the music, Al. Sing the music I gave you - all the music.' So I did. — Al Green Copy Share Image
Before I knew it, I was singing, 'I'm so tired of being alone,' and that's Al right there. From then, my attitude was, 'Let… — Al Green Copy Share Image
Theres a lot of churches that hide their dirty laundry under the rug, and I know about that from being in the church 27… — Al Green Copy Share Image
I want to thank Freddie Mac, Hibernia Bank, and Usher's New Look Foundation for their work to rebuild the lives of those who lost homes to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We are all partners in this rebuilding effort, ... I hope that their work will inspire others to join together in partnership to keep real the great American ideal of… — Al Green Copy Share
