(dogs barking) - [James] I was born May 14th, 1959 in Hampton, Virginia.

Actually, Langley Air Force Base Hospital.

My father was stationed at Langley and my parents are from Mountain City, Tennessee.

When I look back at it now, it was indeed an education in itself and an opening to encounter different cultures, wherever we lived.

One fond memory is that when I was little, I would spend summers with my grandmother Morley, wherever my parents were stationed, I would always spend the summer with her.

(gentle music) There was a point overlook on their land that you could see the whole valley.

We would go up there, and she would sit down below this rock and then I would get on the rock and preach, and I'd preach to the whole valley.

(gentle music continues) And although she was my grandmother, she would sit and listen.

(chuckles) And there's no telling what I'd said at that age.

I mean, "if y'all don't straighten up, you're gonna know hellfire."

She had the presence to be able to just listen.

♪ On the very day I'm gone.

♪ ♪ You'll know the train I'm on.

♪ - What a way to inspire confidence.

♪ You'll hear the whistle blow 100 miles ♪