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My Way Of Communicating With God As A Boy (and Often Even Now) Was Through The Lyrics Of A Song. . . . So I Didn't Have The Problem Some People Do Who Say, "i Don't Know How To Pray." I Used The Songs To Communicate With God. . . . To Me, Songs Were The Telephone To Heaven, And I Tied Up The Line Quite A Bit.

I Say I'm Not A Singer, So That Means I Can't Sing. But - Doesn't It?

Gospel Music Was The Thing That Inspired Me As A Child Growing Up On A Cotton Farm, Where Work Was Drudgery And It Was So Hard That When I Was In The Field I Sang All The Time. Usually Gospel Songs Because They Lifted Me Up Above That Black Dirt.

Happiness Is Being At Peace, Being With Loved Ones, Being Comfortable...but Most Of All, It's Having Those Loved Ones.

Life Is - The Way God Has Given It To Me Was Just A Platter - A Golden Platter Of Life Laid Out There For Me. It's Been Beautiful.