Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.

I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because its not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.

A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape!

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.

When you're over the hill, that's when you pick up speed.

All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.