A lot of people influenced me as I was learning but probably Bing Crosby was the most influential, because I would hear his Christmas albums, which my parents played a lot.

You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.

To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.

Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Everything is trust, all the rest is dust.

Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above.