My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.

Personal differences, musical differences, business differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family.

My dad knew I was mad about music. While he worked as a barber he would hear songs on the radio and we'd have endless discussions about them. So I got my first record player when I was 11 years old.

My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family - and I come from a big family.

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

I am grateful I have been blessed with a family that I never imagined I would ever even understand what that is, let alone have my own family.