Singles are your safest songs on the records. Ones that piss fewer people off, that appeal more to the masses.

Thank God for unanswered prayers.

Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.

My biggest problem with the retirement thing was I'd be leaving the part of this business that I enjoy the most... the entertaining part, being on stage and seeing how the music affects people.

Heaven's not beyond the clouds, it's just beyond the fear. No, heaven's not beyond the clouds, it's just for us to find it here.

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers. Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs; that just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care. Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

Listen not to the critics who put their own dreams on the shelf.