I was in church a little bit as a very young kid, but, as they say in the South, 'it didnt take.' None of it took with me.

You dont have to get beat up as many times as I did to come to your senses. Certainly I wish Id come to mine earlier than I did.

I'm singing. I'm a singer!

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

I have to look to my wife.

The teacher left her wisdom, in the minds of lots of children, and did her best to give them all a better start.

In too deep to see the diamond, down too dark to see the gold. Now he won't let go of the shovel, and he cannot dig out of the hole.