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.

I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God.

The gospel of Christ must always be an open door with a welcome sign for all.

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

Loneliness is emptiness, but happiness is you.

I came to believe in a power much higher than I

I knew I wanted to sing when I was a very small boy. When I was probably 4 years old. My mother played a guitar and I would sit with her and she would sing and I learned to sing along with her.