When Somebody Says To You

You Gotta Laugh And Love And Take All Life Has To Give. You Gotta Live And Learn So You Can Learn To Live.

All The Doors That I Had To Close. All The Things I Knew But I Didn't Know. Thank God For All I Missed. 'cause It Led Me Here To This.

It Was Important To Me To Find A Label That Wouldn't Back Out After A First Single. Everyone's So Used To Hearing Me With Hootie, They're Going To Be Skeptical.

Rock And Roll Was Something To Fall Back On. If I Had My Choice, I'd Be Jerry Rice And I'd Be Playing Until I Was Forty-five.

I'm A Kid Who Grew Up In An All African-american Neighborhood And Got Into Schools And Aspired To Just Be Me, And Didn't Worry About Labels Or Anything. Just Wanted To Be A Success At What I Did.