"The diaries he kept throughout his life... portray a deeply religious soul striving to be good, but continually tortured by his own actions and imperfections, which he felt were an affront to his 'Lor…"

"Each year, he would give a trophy to 'The Most Beautiful Girl' in his life — even if it wasn't a wife or girlfriend."

"He had a revulsion of public toilets and during recording sessions in New York, if he needed to go for any reason, he would walk the 10 blocks back to his parents' flat and return to the studio a coup…"

"The style sounded like I look. What good would it do if I sounded like Sinatra? People would look at me and look at him and choose..."

"I'm just a simple country boy. I like to sing my songs and make people happy."