And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I learned so much from people like that.

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that.

I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.

We could play them through the week, and then the weekend we could play the black joints. I learned to be very versatile and learned to love it. So it stays with me even up to now.

And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.

If I don't love you, baby, grits ain't groceries.

I was born in a little place called Inverness, MS.

My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot.

Think a hundred times before you take a decision, but once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.

Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves.

After all, the seeds of depression cannot take root in a grateful heart.

If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.

I'm not like a religious exerciser. My parents go down to the gym everyday now, and I'm the one that stays upstairs. But I definitely need to start exercising.

One of the wonderful things about being ALIVE is that it's never too late.

Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.

I don't think we should take the emotional reactions of a few people as more representative than those of the millions of people who took to the street in a non-violent way against dictators.

As a soldier, I've served with the most brave people in an institution that's built on integrity, honor, and duty.