The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes music real.

I don't feel like God called me to be a Gospel singer. He didn't call me to be a Christian singer, he called me to be a country singer, and I just happen to be a Christian.

Look to the Heavens, you can look to the skies. You can find redemption staring back into your eyes.

I grew up like a lot of country boys and girls do - amongst the pine trees, dirt roads, farms, mules and people who were real.

I'm normally the guy that stands off in the corner.

Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

I've found throughout the years that I needed a place where I can go with no TV, no computer, no phone and just have no distractions and just be able to sit and think and just not be disturbed.

It's hard sometimes to capture magic when it comes to live records.

I grew up going to a real small missionary baptist church. We would sing a lot of the old standards... the hymns and everything. Those songs are still my favorite and are pretty timeless.

'Firecracker' was such a fun song to write and to perform.

I've never had the patience of a teacher.

Success has more to do with what you are willing to sacrifice than your skills, talent or IQ.

I may never be happy, but tonight I am content.

There is something in our minds like sunshine and the weather, which is not under our control. When I write, the best things come to me from I know not where.

Live to learn and you will really learn to live.

There is no good or evil, save in the way you see the world. There is no dark or light save in your own.

The unyielding army will not win.

It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.

The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom!