All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.

I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.

I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.

If I have a hit, then I hope the people who like the hit song go out and buy my album so they can hear it all.

In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.

I guess we guess our way through life. How many times do we really know for sure?