At last my love has come along. My lonely days are over and life is like a song.

My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.

Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about.

The two things you can't fake are good food and good music

All the things I used to like - cookies, ice cream, gumbo - I don't like anymore.

What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries.

I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.

A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.

When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good feelings, ups and downs, highs and lows, that kind of thing.

I want a Sunday kind of love A love to last past Saturday night And I’d like to know it’s more than love at first sight

You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.

Smiling is confusing, she thought. This is why I don´t do it

He [Tim Kaine] just said whoever wins Loudoun wins the election. This is Loudoun.

Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.

Networking is more about farming than it is about hunting.

Have you ever noticed, the saddest person has the most beautiful smile

Does God care if I'm sad? Look at the tear-streaked face of Jesus as he stands near Lazarus's tomb.

Fashion is what you buy, style is what you do with it

In the world of bad movies, 'Death to Smoochy' is a towering achievement.

I'm not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.

What part of me was born with the courage to stand in front of strangers and risk rejection?