I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.

[My father] did every kind of work imaginable from painting to shoveling to herding cattle. And he's always been such an inspiration to me because of the very kinds of things that he did and the kind of life he lived.

Beneath the stains of time the feeling disappears, you are someone else I am still right here.

My way of communicating with God as a boy (and often even now) was through the lyrics of a song. . . . So I didn't have the problem some people do who say, "I don't know how to pray." I used the songs to communicate with God. . . . To me, songs were the telephone to heaven, and I tied up the line quite a bit.

Burn my Flag and I will shoot you........but I'll shoot you with a lot of love, like a good American

As sure as God made black and white, what's done in the dark will be brought to the light.

Gospel music is so ingrained into my bones. I can't do a concert without singing a gospel song. It's what I was raised on.