Money ain't everything.

I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most important thing. It's how I express myself, how I express how I see things. When I see people struggling with emotions and feelings and don't know how to put it down, I'm able to do that. It's really like a therapy, and it's like a buddy and a friend. It's a way out of a lot of things.

Any business you go into, you have to think about how much money you are willing to put into it, and how much you are not.

My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.

Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.

No, I can't do rap music...

It took me years to eat a lot of shellfish. I was probably 20 years old before I had even seen a shrimp cocktail. I like oysters, but fried.