When I'm speaking, I'm more focused on the words as meaning. When I'm singing, I'm more focused on the words as sound. The emotion is more targeted when I'm speaking, more flowing when I'm singing.

I was a very bad musician. I was the world's worst guitar player, so when I was performing solo with a guitar, I had to keep things very simple.

I like spoken-word as much as the singing word.

Almighty God thy will be done in my life as it is in Heaven, in Jesus Christ name. Amen.

People reveal as much by their silence as they do by what they say.

Fear is exciting for me.

At the White House, they caught another fence jumper earlier today. It was Obama trying to get out.

The best soulwinners are those who go when it is convenient and then go when it is not convenient.

As long as there are Japanese tourists, there will be a market for the Old South.

You cannot govern the creative impulse; all you can do is eliminate obstacles and smooth the way for it.

This season, over eight productions, I am presenting four young tenors.

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.