Rick Rubin had his hair - I don't think it's ever been cut and very - dresses like a hobo, usually - clean but . Was the kind of guy I really felt comfortable with, actually. I think I was more comfortable with him than I would have been with a producer with a suit on.

If you're going to be a Christian, you're going to change. You're going to lose some old friends, not because you want to, but because you need to.

What I said, what are you [Rick Rubin] going to do with me that nobody else has been able to do to sell records with me?

Love is a burning thing and it makes a firey ring.

However, neither he nor anyone else could have become the star Elvis was. Ain't nobody like Elvis. Never was.

I always loved those songs. And with my high tenor, I thought I was pretty good - you know? - almost as good as Dennis Day.

Now that I know that I've needed you so, help me, Jesus. My soul's in your hand.