I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers and Revival Churches, and I do this voluntarily.

If I've got a talent, it's for picking the right song at the right time for the right audience. And I can always get people to sing with me.

I like to say I’m more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.

In a world of private property, if something isn’t owned by somebody, it’s going to be misused by somebody else.

Like most teachers, I’m just another sower of seeds.

The danger with the internet is that you don’t need to think about music, you just search for it and you find the answer. Singing used to be part of everyday life. Women sang while pounding corn. Men sang while paddling canoes.

Songs won’t save the planet, but neither will books or speeches.

My job, is to show folks there’s a lot of good music in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet.

At the audition, your assignment is to find something new in the song. Something you’ve never noticed before. A breath carried over, a thought that ties the whole thing together. Then take the risk and do it.

I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you’re starting to kill yourself artistically.