"I'm a walking, talking contradiction."

"I wear the black for every lonely heart, for every broken promise, torn apart."

"I'm not a prophet. I'm a man who tells stories. And I try to tell good stories."

"I don’t give a damn about your white supremacy."

"I just kept on singing, and I kept on playing, and I kept on writing songs, and I kept on trying to get a record deal, and I kept on going to Memphis, and I kept on going to Nashville, and I kept on g…"