Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a song about that.

My role is the shepherd's role. The shepherd is the one who opens the gate and allows the flock to go through and whoever opens the gate has to close it, and the gate is not yet closed.

I've got a hard road to travel and a rough, rough way to go. Said, it's a hard road to travel and a rough, rough way to go. But I can't turn back, my heart is fixed, my mind's made up, I'll never stop, my faith will see me through.

I have not become the artist I believe I am. I want to become a stadium act. I'm not done at all.

I'm very attached to my family and protective of them and miss them, and that situation, my connection with that can make me become very vulnerable.

I grew up in a condition where I could have chosen to go either way, negatively or positively. So I kind of chose to go positive and that stayed with me through my life, always have to have a positive outlook on whatever situation there is

Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory