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All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.

Every album, I'm worried that I'm a dork and a fraud - 'What if I can't sing anymore?' Then I stop thinking and start playing guitar, and I realize that it's okay to suck, and move forward.

I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that.

If something's dope, you got to go with it.

I hope someone thinks I sing good. I'm always working hard to sing better. I sound the way I sound, but I can always be better. I work hard at singing and being a better recording artist.

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

If you have a great love of singing, supported by others' fondness for your voice, then it is worth making every effort, of making every sacrifice, to achieve your goal. A great voice will easily find teachers who are willing to help a struggling young talent, and the ways of the Lord are infinite.

Singing becomes a form of therapy.

Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It's really good for your health.

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.