I play any piano with a good tune.

I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces.

I can't play piano like I used to either. I used to have bass rolling like thunder. I can't do that no more. But I ask the Lord, please forgive me for the stuff I done trying to make a nickel.

I grew up hard. I picked cotton and plowed with the mule and fixed the cars and played with the guitar and the piano.

I didn’t have much school. Three years.

Young men, trust God, and make the future bright with blessing. Old men, trust God, and magnify him for all the mercies of the past.

Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it.

Life is not always what we think it is.

I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine doing anything else.

There is no reason not to love. There is no reason not to be joyous. There is no reason not to celebrate because all of this means nothing, absolutely nothing. So why not be happy?

Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.

I'm trying to write for people my age. And my inspiration over the years has changed dramatically.

Think of your career as your ministry. Make your work an expression of love in service to mankind.

I never do impressions, but I probably should. People like that stuff.

Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.