I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.

I'm not kidding myself. My voice alone is just an ordinary voice. What people come to see is how I use it. If I stand still while I'm singing, I'm dead, man. I might as well go back to driving a truck.

It's not just self defense, it's about...self control, body discipline, and mind discipline...and breath techniques. It involves yoga. It involves meditation. It's an art, not a sport.

I never expected to be anybody important.

I've come too far, and I don't know how to get back.

All the stars will tell the story, of our love and all its glory. Let us make this night of magic, and make it a night of love.

When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.