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I just think it's a blessing that I was able to have the gift of words and to be able to put them into music. I was given a great gift all the way around. I didn't ever have to really go out and look for songs, you know.

The gift of song is just like... I think music is one of those true things in this world that is universal.

I always try to give my songs as gifts.

Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.

I know that I received so much help from God to become that kind of person that I wanted to be. That's honestly the message that I think is in a lot of my songs.

A song can take you to a special time in your life.

I think that's my gift in this world is to put experience into music.

I have learned that music helps a lot of people survive, and they want songs that can give them something - I guess you could call it hope.

Music saved my life. The voice you hear, the soul, the pain, is that of a person who deeply, deeply, deeply appreciates the opportunity they've been given.

It's always nice to be able to capture your life's experiences in a song and hold the emotion in that way.