The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire.

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.

We struggled together, and sometimes, we struggled with one another... We took care of one another... In the end, we kept faith in each other.

Mister, I ain't a boy, no I'm a man, and i believe in a promised land.

I think I created my particular stage persona out of my dad's life. And perhaps I even built it to suit him to some degree. I was looking for - when I was looking for a voice to mix with my voice, I put on my father's work clothes, as I say in the book, and I went to work.

We're gonna play some pool, skip some school, act real cool, stay out all night, it's gonna be alright.