"I don't think I'm a legend. I'm just a man who's been blessed with a lot of good luck and a lot of good people around him."

"I'm just a man who's trying to make a difference in the world, one song at a time."

"I'm a simple man. I like simple things. I like simple food. I like simple clothes. I like simple music. I like simple people. I like simple life. I like simple God. I like simple Jesus. I like simple …"

"I wear the black in mourning for the lives that could have been. Each one an orphan's cry, a mother's silent sin."

"I wear black because I'm a rebel; a rebel for Jesus Christ."