I've always been serious that way, trying to evolve to a more conscious state. Funny thing about that,though. You tweak yourself,looking for more love, less lust, more compassion, less jealousy. You keep tweaking, keep adjusting those knobs until you can no longer find the original settings. In some sense,the original settings are exactly what I'm looking for-a return to the easygoing guy i was before my world got complicated, the nice guy who took things as they came and laughed so hard the blues would blow away in the summer wind.

I. Footage of his performance was included in the 1996 documentary film When We Were Kings and he is heard on the accompanying soundtrack. During this time he wrote and produced two songs on the Gladys Knight & the Pips record I Feel a Song and in October 1974 performed in concert together with James Brown Etta James and B.

He recorded a number of hits such as "Lean on Me" "Ain't No Sunshine" "Use Me" "Just the Two of Us" "Lovely Day" and "Grandma's Hands". (born July 4 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Still Bill.