When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.

Any motivation starts with some type of doubt.

Mercury' is about a big company exploiting a small town. There is a place in Tamil Nadu called Kodaikanal. It had a thermometer factory, which would dump the mercury into the river. This affected a lot of people. This incident is the inspiration for this film.

For years and years, I would sit in my studio, and I wouldn't have any inspiration. I'd write one or two songs a year.

Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii.