Every time I do a gig, my goal is getting new fans.

I know for one thing that alcohol will have no more part in my life.

I've got to find local farmers and get natural foods.

I sing because I'm happy.

You know a man can play the part of a saint just so long for a day comes when his true, his true self unfolds.

I never took any kind of vocal lessons or teachings of how to - I never even took piano lessons. And a voice just came to me and said, go play the piano in the church.

I've got these five-pound weights and a treadmill in the living room. I work out the other parts that have affected my voice: my diaphragm - doctors took mine out in surgery - and my lungs. I've got to build back my legs, too, so I can run across that stage. I've got a lot to do, but I'm going to get out, sing songs and tell the stories.