And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.

I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots

Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential.

Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.

I love hearing my music, I love hearing it by other people. I hope it will always be played.

My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home

The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white act to admit they grew up listening to black music.