I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.
I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white.
Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.

