I Just Hope And Pray I Can

The Master Of Lifes Been Good To Me. He Has Given Me Strength To Face Past Illnesses, And Victory In The Face Of Defeat. He Has Given Me Life And Joy Where Other Saw Oblivion. He Has Given New Purpose To Live For, New Services To Render And Old Wounds To Heal. Life And Love Go On, Let The Music Play.

I Love The Young People.

My Way Of Communicating With God As A Boy (and Often Even Now) Was Through The Lyrics Of A Song. . . . So I Didn't Have The Problem Some People Do Who Say, "i Don't Know How To Pray." I Used The Songs To Communicate With God. . . . To Me, Songs Were The Telephone To Heaven, And I Tied Up The Line Quite A Bit.

It Just Took The Right Time. I Was Fully Confident That I Was Going To See Sam Phillips And To Record For Him That When I Called Him, I Thought, I'm Going To Get On Sun Records. So I Called Him And He Turned Me Down Flat. Then Two Weeks Later, I Got Turned Down Again. He Told Me Over The Phone That He Couldn't Sell Gospel Music So - As It Was Independent, Not A Lot Of Money.

I Say I'm Not A Singer, So That Means I Can't Sing. But - Doesn't It?