I've always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.

Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.

People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don't let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.

I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey - like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.

And I was booked once to go on 'Ed Sullivan' and I got bumped and ran out the back door crying.

My faith always has been and always will be important to me.

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I'm happy with that.