The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.

Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren’t about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.

There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I’m not a great pianist, jokes were my thing.

Stay true to yourself, even in the face of adversity. Your authenticity is what sets you apart.

Feelings aren’t an absence of strength. I know this for sure. So why should I pretend to have a sense of humor just to allow someone else to take a shot at me?

I only wear clothes because I can’t walk around with nothing on, but they started calling me a fashionista.

When I first arrived in America, in an effort to drum up enthusiasm, I was billed by the media as ‘the White Pele’…I decided to put everything right, though, at my first press conference when I told the assembled media that I was not ‘the White Pele’ and that Pele was in fact ‘the Black George Best.