I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.

I wish at times I had finished school just to say I had.

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

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.

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

I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.

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