Music Is The Chalk To The Blackboard

My Version Of 'georgia' Became The State Song Of Georgia. That Was A Big Thing For Me, Man. It Really Touched Me. Here Is A State That Used To Lynch People Like Me Suddenly Declaring My Version Of A Song As Its State Song. That Is Touching.

The Words To Country Songs Are Very Earthy Like The Blues. They're Not As Dressed Up And The People Are Very Honest And Say, 'look, I Miss You Darlin', So I Went Out And Got Drunk In This Bar.' That's The Way You Say It. Where In Tin Pan Alley They Would Say, 'oh I Missed You Darling, So I Went To This Restaurant And I Sat Down And Had A Dinner For One.' That's Cleaned Up Now, You See? But Country And Blues Tells It Like It Is.

I'm Not A Jazz Singer, Blues Singer Or Country Singer. I'm A Singer That Can Sing Rhythm & Blues, That Can Sing Jazz, That Can Sing Country. There's A Big Difference. In Other Words, I'm Not A Specialist.

You Never Can Overwhelm An Instrument. You Will Never Get Out All That's In An Instrument. An Instrument Will Bring You To Your Limits.

I Don't Think Any Of Us Really Knows Why We're Here. But I Think We're Supposed To Believe We're Here For A Purpose.