"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…"

"I'm just a man who loves his family, loves his God, and loves his music."

"There's a lot of things that I've done in my life that I'm not proud of. But I'm proud that I'm a survivor."

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

"I'm just a man, like any other man. I've got my strengths and my weaknesses. But I'm trying to do my best."