Think of me as the weathered sheriff coming back into Dodge 'cause the youngsters are shooting up the church and scaring the horses and not doing right by the women.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I get a lot of calls from families and people who have served time and they say, 'Thank you, Sheriff. I hate the tents.' That's music to my ears.
I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook.
It is true that going out on to the street implies the risk of accidents happening, as they would to any ordinary man or woman. But if the church stays wrapped up in itself, it will age. And if I had to choose between a wounded church that goes out on to the streets and a sick, withdrawn church, I would definitely choose the first one.
From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind.
I did think of becoming a priest quite late on, when other boys were thinking of knocking over fences and going out with girls. I would have made a very good bishop: nice housekeeper, nice clothes - god, the clothes.
I'm the elected sheriff, and I'm going to keep doing what the Constitution says I can do.
I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.
When they set off for their first day at their new school, I will never forget that winter morning as I watched our girls, just 7 and 10 years old, pile into those black SUVs with all those big men with guns.
I was a Catholic youth minister for eight years... I'm not Catholic anymore. The church is too misogynistic.
If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.