Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.

It is because of people like Gary Paxton that Hormel Foods enjoys its reputation as a top-tier manufacturer, ... The efficiency and safety of our world-class operations owes much to Gary, who has been such a critical part of our success. More recently, he has been instrumental in establishing and growing the newest business unit, specialty foods. We wish him, his wife Lynda and his family the best in his well-deserved retirement.

But overall, I just think they're a program headed in the right direction. They also have a good reputation for sending people on to four-year schools afterwards.

The clock didn't exist for my mother. She wanted her students to attain a higher level immediately, before she let them go.

My mother was very ill with terminal cancer she was given a few weeks to live, but she started speaking the word praying healing scriptures and it didn't happen overnight, but in time she got better and she's healthy today. Why did God heal my mother and not someone else's I don't know. I just know I'd rather die believing.

When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.