You can't be from Montgomery, Alabama, and not have a background in the church. It's at the core of who we are as a people.

I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse.

Everything happens when it's supposed to.

I'm attracted to things that make me want to be a better person.

It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.

You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow.

I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can't do anything with a microscope, because then I start thinking about the world of germs around us.