The biggest fool to hit the big time and all I've got to do is act naturally.

The biggest fool to hit the big time and all I've got to do is act naturally.

But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I'm not going to go to bed hungry, I'm not going to wear hand-me-down clothes.

I've got the hungries for your love and I'm waiting in your welfare line.

Satan's gotta get along without me. Since I've broke the chain of sin I know for sure that he can't win.

A guy said to me, 'You're so lucky. You have people like Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand and The Beatles doing your songs.' I figured out, though, the harder I work the luckier I get. The secret of anything is to surround yourself with good people if you want a good product.

I'm from the Bob Wills and the Little Richard school of music. Bob Wills did what the hell he thought, Little Richard did what he thought, and those were my big influences.