My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.

You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity.

I don't get in vote in whether or how people remember me when I'm gone. It's really dangerous to sit around and worry about it too much, for me. It gets me way too in myself to worry about what people are going to think about me when I'm not around anymore.

Every country that's ever been the most powerful country in the world ceases to be the most powerful country in the world at some point.

Politics and music don't necessarily go hand in hand. They just do for me.

I don't usually read reviews.

I'm not a racist, but I do have to work at not being a racist, because of where I grew up.