I just want the world to know that God is present, that he's alive for ever more.

It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.

And I don't get down on nobody else for doing whatever else they do. To each his own.

Rock 'n' roll doesn't glorify God. You can't drink out of God's cup and the devil's cup at the same time. I was one of the pioneers of that music, one of the builders. I know what the blocks are made of because I built them.

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize.

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.