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.

Rick Rubin came to my concert in Orange County, Calif. I believe this was, like, '83 when he first came and listened to the show. And then afterwards, I went in the dressing room and sat and talked to him.

A song stylist is, like, to take an old folk song like "Delia's Gone" and do a modern white man's version of it.

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

My mother always told me that any talent is a gift of God and I always believed it. If I quit, I would just live in front of the television and get fat and die pretty soon.

It was kind of a prodding myself to play I Walk The Line straight.

I'm thrilled to death with life.