Some of the stuff I'm writing is almost like hymns, some of my first singing and choral experiences were in church, the Church of Christ in Hicksville.

Someday we'll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that's how you and I will be

I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.

All she wanted was sax.

I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.

I tell the audience every night, "I hope you didn't pay more than face value on that ticket, because we ain't worth more than that, and you ain't gonna get any more than that."

Give a moment or two to the angry young man with his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.