Well, my daddy, he didn't leave me much, you know he was a very simple man, but what he did tell me was this, he did say, son, he said, he say, you know it's possible to become so defiled in this world that your own father and mother will abandon you and if that happens, God will always believe in your ability to mend your ways.

I can't stand to see myself on television.

If I had wings, no one would ask me: should I fly?

You want to know about creativity? Just go out and buy that book Imagine by Jonah Lehrer. It's only $29.00 in hardcover.

There doesn't seem to be any tomorrow. Every time I wake up, no matter in what position, it's always been today.

Bullets can harm you and death can disarm you, but no, you will not be deceived. Stripped of all virtue as you crawl through the dirt, you can give but you cannot receive.

Lord knows I've paid my dues getting through, tangled up in blue.