I wear the black for those who never read.

It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.

I like to sit on the front porch of an old cabin I built in the woods and just listen to the birds; I like to fish in the pond and I always throw the fish back.

Don't take voice lessons. Do it your way.

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.

Those that have lived longer than us always have something to teach us, that we can take with us for the rest of our lives.

No matter how much you've sinned, no matter how much you've stumbled, no matter how much you fall, no matter how far you've got from God, don't give up. You can still be redeemed. As someone says, keep the faith.