Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide..

I sing around the house, in the shower.

Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while..

I think things happened the way they did for a reason.

Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did..

When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.

It's a thanksgiving to God. It's something I have wanted to do for a long time, but the record company wasn't ready for it. So I did it myself..

I really like listening to music in my car..

I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.

If you are serious, don't play with my heart, it makes me furious..

I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants.

I don't know much, but I know I love you... that may be all there is to know..

At dances when I was a little kid, Art would be up there singing while I'd be dancing with some girl a foot taller than me..

If you had told me I'd be making 62 tomorrow, I'd say you were lying..

I've been in some beautiful places, but the prettiest sight is flying back to New Orleans. Being able to look down and say, 'I know where I am now.'.

So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St. Jude medal. And I'm standing there and that judge said I w….

When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.

My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride..

Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly..

I owe it all to Jesus..

I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches..