You Have To Be What You Are.

I'm Not Really Concerned About Boundaries. I Just Follow My Conscience And My Heart. Follow Your Heart. That's What I Do. Compassion Is Something I Have A Lot Of, Because I've Been Through A Lot Of Pain In My Life. Anybody Who Has Suffered A Lot Of Pain Has A Lot Of Compassion.

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.

My Mother Was Determined That I Was Going To Leave The Farm And Do Well In Life. And She Thought With The Gift, I Might Be Able To Do That. So She Took In Washing. She Got A Washing Machine In 1942 As Soon As We Got Electricity And She Took In Washing. She Washed The Schoolteacher's Clothes And Anybody She Could And Sent Me For Singing Lessons For $3 Per Lesson.

That Was American Recordings. I Said, I Like The Name, Maybe It'd Be Ok. So I Said, I'd Like To Meet The Guy [rick Rubin ].i'd Like For Him To Tell Me What He Can Do With Me That They're Not Doing Now.

Life Is Rough So You Gotta Be Tough.