Jim Stephens Quotations

He does everything, and he does it well. Paul was just being Paul. He's a big-time player and came through like big-time players do.

Musically, I like to have a lot of different outlets. I like to have an outlet for my acoustic music, but at the same time I like to pick up my Telecaster and rock out. I grew up on classic rock, which led me to blues stuff and that led me to jazz.

They caught us on a fake field goal. That was my fault. They had nothing to lose. They were going to use anything they had to try and beat us.

He loves football. He just loves to play the game, and it is hard to get him off the field. There is nothing, if I ask him, that Paul can't do.

If I asked him to line the field before the game, he would do it well and probably better than anyone out there. He does so many things so well. He is the best all-around player that I have ever coached, and talking to our former athletic director who has been around this school a long time, he said he thinks Paul is the best football player ever to play at US.

I started teaching lessons on the side because there were a lot of people asking me if I gave lessons.

Stan Kennedy, a local piano tuner and a killer guitarist, was asked to teach classes at the Excel Program, a music class at Emmanuel Christian School in Hartsville. He couldn't do it, but he recommended me, and I've really loved it. It's not exclusive to members of the church, but the church serves as the venue, and I have students from 9 years old to 64.

I left on good terms, and it was pretty tough to do that. When you're a musician, it's good to have a steady job, but after considering it for a long time, I decided it was time.