Find something that makes you want to give and give and give 'til it hurts.

I just wanted to go out and make a record that Ive always wanted to make since I was a kid.

All the doors that I had to close. All the things I knew but I didn't know. Thank God for all I missed. 'Cause it led me here to this.

I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.

There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season.

Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.

When somebody says to you the real USC is in L.A., tell them we were a school before they were a state.