I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.

I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

I'm a Scorpio, and who knows if there is any validity to it, but I'm very emotional. I have high highs and low lows.

Being born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the very rural parts of Kansas led me to believe that everything was simple, everything made sense and that anything was possible.

I've saved every dime I've made in my life.

I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.

I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.

All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.

In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.

Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

The sign of a beautiful person is that they always see beauty in others.

But despite the fact that Reardan is a tiny town, people can still be strangers to each other.

Separation of mind and body, that's been around since the Greeks.

We are in the midst of a VoIP communications revolution.

I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid on my apartment happened.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio.

Count Basie isn't just a man, or even just a band. He's a way of life.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

To define is to limit.