I hope I would leave a legacy of joy -a legacy of real compassion.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

You are not alone in the world. You are part of an ensemble.

I would love to be a Franciscan brother. Im just not sure I have the courage to do it.

If you live real good, I can guarantee you are gonna get beat up real bad!

If you can't be good, be loud.

There is the music that we make, and the music that makes us.

The biggest problem with life is that it's just daily.

Good taste has everything to do with being cultured and being refined, and if art has to do with anything, it has to do with being human.

Usually when we do something to corrupt our lives, it's usually something to fulfill an ache that we have.

If your life is motivated by your ambition to leave a legacy, what you'll probably leave as a legacy is ambition.

Sometimes my life just don't make sense at all. The mountains looks so big and my faith just seems so small.

Faith without works is like a song you can't sing. It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine.

So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf. You have been King of my glory won't You be my Prince of Peace.

If you’re really looking for answers, look past me. But if you’re interested in how I got to where I am, I will be as honest as possible.

I believe what I believe is what makes me what I am

It's not the job of government to help the poor. The church is the mechanism that God put on earth to help the poor.