When Mama prayed, lives were changed. Not much more than five foot tall, but mountains big and small crumbled all away.

My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.

You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.

When I got into my early 20s, I was going to bed one nightI was still drinking, still using drugs, and probably was drunk or high or both when I just picked up the Bible and started reading to go to sleep. I was amazed at how well I slept, but even beyond that, the next day, there was this peace of mind that was still there that I wasnt used to.

Maybe we could learn a little lesson, maybe this all shine a little light, cause there's no healthy way to mess with the line between wrong and right.

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

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.