I just couldn't stand school. If I went, I'd skip after the first class. I didn't like to be told I had to study and had to do homework. There's a fact that you have to want to learn.

It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go.

If you wonder how long Ill be faithful. I'll be happy to tell you again. I'm gonna love you forever & ever, forever & ever amen.

I've been singing since I was 8 years old and working in clubs since I was 14. I've been working full time since I was 16.

I never felt at peace with anything or anybody.

The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.

I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.