The beast in me Is caged by frail and fragile bars.

He was removed from jail and placed in a place for the insensitive and insane.

When my wife died, I booked myself into the studio just to work, to occupy myself.

The first time I knew what I wanted to do with my life was when I was about four years old. I was listening to an old Victrola, playing a railroad song...I thought that was the most wonderful, amazing thing...That you could take this piece of wax and music would come out of that box. From that day on, I wanted to sing on the radio.

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.

I got really excited about it. But then we went into the studio and tried to record some with different musicians, and it didn't sound good. It didn't work. So we put together the album [Unchained] with just a guitar and myself.

I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.