My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me. Here is a state that used to lynch people like me suddenly declaring my version of a song as its state song. That is touching.

My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me. Here is a state that used to lynch people like me suddenly declaring my version of a song as its state song. That is touching.

Drunken talk isn’t meant to be printed in the paper.

I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I'm doing.

If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine.

Music is the chalk to the blackboard of life. Without it everything is a blank slate

I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of