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

"I'm not a philosopher. I'm a man who feels. And I try to express my feelings in my music."

"I'm not a comedian. I'm a serious man. And I try to make people laugh sometimes."

"I wear the black for those who cannot speak, the voices silenced, the souls that mourn and weep."

"I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, living in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid his debt, but is a victim of the times, and I wear it for t…"