Jesus has been in my room. He has taken my hand and told me, No, Not now. I have other things for you to do.

You don't appreciate home until you leave it and, let me tell you, you can't appreciate life till you've almost left it! Some people hope and die with their song still in them. I used to think that happiness resulted when my earnings matched my yearnings! But not anymore!

Mother would come and pick me up at work and take me wherever I could get a job. Mother didn't trust anybody with me. Usually we'd get home at 3 in the morning.

Jesus has been in my room. He has taken my hand and told me, No, Not now. I have other things for you to do.

The final words of a domestic bully: If you leave me now furious angels will descend upon you and bring you back to me.

I think I've found out who I am and what we've been looking for. We don't have to search for my identity anymore. This is it-we're doing it!

On Saturdays I worked all day in Hunter Gaunt's drugstore in Winchester, and then at night, my mother drove me to Front Royal, where I sang pop tunes.