As for me, I rarely write a song. But when I do write a song, like "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects," which came to me at three a.m. one morning, on a whim - I get a percentage.

I'm grateful to be alive, because I really did not think I was going to be alive, onstage performing songs.

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.

God's eye is on a sparrow. And I know - oh, yes, I know he watches over me...

I just want to give my love to God.

I'm coming back to give the people what they want.

When I got sick this past summer, I couldn't - my mind just wasn't on music. The rest of the band understood. But once October came, I felt ready to get back again.