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

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

I know the author of my every breath, oh that's Jesus.

History will tell the story, America will always stand.

I never thought I'd be a good influence on anybody with anything I did or said or sang.

They took your commandments off the schoolhouse walls, they say it's a crime to pray.

You almost felt sorry for the devil cause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer, when Mama prayed.