I just wanted to go out and make a record that I've always wanted to make since I was a kid.

Remember the Stax label and how if you liked one record, you liked all the others as well? You don't talk to a lot of people who tell you how much they love their record label. I don't care how many records they sell.

When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time.

We can't thank Dave enough. He could call me if my wife was about to have a baby and tell me he needed tonight for his show and I'd find some way to get her to let me head to New York.

I don't think I get the respect as a singer. With this record, I wanted to bring respect to my band.

I've known Tiger since he was 18. Tiger is a great guy. I am so happy for him right now.

We raised almost 2 million dollars at the last golf tournament that can be used for minority scholarships and Junior Golf programs. The payoff for the work we do is so much more valuable than the work we actually do for it.

It was important to me to find a label that wouldn't back out after a first single. Everyone's so used to hearing me with Hootie, they're going to be skeptical.

We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.

I just wanted to go out and make a record that I've always wanted to make since I was a kid.

We got to do a few things with President Clinton. To be invited to Washington again to play with Ashanti and all those other cool people there in front of President Bush and the rest of the world feels awesome. I'm really looking forward to going.

When I was in high school, I read all of Neil Simon's plays.

I expect to make a career out of country music.

I have major respect for Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. They are wonderful. They're superstars in the music business.

I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.

I work hard to let my wife know how much I love her. I try to do that every day.

I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.

I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It's hard for me to be away, but I know my home life is fine because my wife is there.

It's hard to be married to me, and it was a lot harder when I was younger!

My family lives a pretty normal life.

Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.

There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season.

If you don't love yourself, you can't love anybody else. And I think as women we really forget that.

I'm quite a slow reader. It can take me quite a while to get though a book.

I was born in Alabama, but I only lived there for a month before I'd done everything there was to do.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.

When I understood the rudiments of what nanotech was all about, I knew I wanted to participate.

Being classy isnt a choice. Its a lifestyle.

A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.

I take my vacation on the combine and tractor.

The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

'Psycho' is fascinating philosophically, because the point of 'Psycho' is that everything that's bad happens because of love.

To play your music in front of the fans that love it, it's like the best feeling in the world.

As it becomes longer at No. 1, I feel more and more pressure. Everybody is trying to grab every piece of me.

What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.

Sometimes it just feels so amazing to finally stand up for yourself. I highly recommend it. Life is too short to be taken for granted.

I don't even know how to sell a piece of artwork of mine because it's so personal.

People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them.

I really feel free and not as serious as I have been in the past.

If you aim for nothing, you'll hit it every time.

Dying is the last thing I will ever do.

I compliment people when I see something I really like and tell them, 'That was good. Keep doing what you're doing.' That's as much as advice as you will get out of me.

Broken heart will turn into a stronger one within hope.