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I don't really watch one player and copy him or anything like that but if I see something that I think could work then maybe I'll try it.

You can always pick up stuff when you're watching a high level - it's like with anything - so yeah, I watch a lot of football.

The more games you play and are playing well consistently, you get more confident.

I'd like to thank my former club, Manchester City, for the support throughout my time in the Championship and during my transition to Huddersfield.

Every morning I wake up and thank God.

Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed.

It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?

I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.

I really like listening to music in my car.

I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.

If you had told me I'd be making 62 tomorrow, I'd say you were lying.

Beyonce is cool, and she can really sing.

I remember going up and doing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' with Paul Simon, Santana playing up there with us.

I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.

Through the years, I found we had Native American blood in us. My great-grandmother came from the island of Martinique, and they hooked up with the Native Americans of Louisiana.

So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St. Jude medal. And I'm standing there and that judge said I was found guilty, so he sentenced me to what the law prescribed: one to 14 years.

If we were poor, we didn't know it 'cause I guess you don't miss what you never had. So, you know, we made do with whatever. We used to make our own toys, and we used to play with spinning tops and marbles. A pocket full of marbles, and you were rich - you didn't worry about no money.

Doo-wop is the true music to me, man. Doo-wop was what nurtured me and grew me into who I am, and I guess even when I was in school, the teacher probably thought I had ADD or something every day, because I'd be beating on the desks, singing like the Flamingos or the Spaniels or Clyde McPhatter or somebody.

Singing is my entire life. I nearly lost that. I am so blessed to be able to do this. It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do.

I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.

You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.

When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.

'Yellow Moon' was a poem. My wife at the time, Joel - she's dead now - it was our 25th anniversary. She had the chance to go on a cruise with her sister. And I'm home with the kids and looking up, and I saw the big moon, and I just started writing.

I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for whoever's on the door, and they'd let me in. I used to think I was Nat King Cole back in the day, you know. So I'd sing something like, 'Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you,' and they'd let me in.

Sometimes in the middle of the night, I wake up with a song in my head, and I have to finish it so I can fall back asleep.