Steven Curtis Chapman

And or I saw her name and then because I was already had seen her and thought, man, she's quite lovely.

I found her in the cafeteria, saw her, sent out some spies like watch for this girl.

She's coming across campus.

Now, this is before cell phones, computers.

Babe, this is before the Internet.

This is before electricity.

Yeah, yeah.

And I had a friend, friends would call and we had one phone on the dorm floor and ring Chapman.

And it was like my buddy, Dave, hey, Mary Beth Siding, 12 o'clock, she's coming across campus.

So I would just happen to be standing out in front of my dorm at the same, you know, at that time.

And so that's kind of, I met her, asked her on a date, took her to Red Lobster.

Popcorn, shrimp, and Cheddar Bay biscuits fell in love, you know.

I had a few songs cut and published.

Well, no, actually, I guess the first song cut,

Imperials, but were we dating and I told you about that or had already... I can't remember.

That's right, I did.

I took my royalty check.

My first songwriting royalty check is what bought her engagement ring.

Nice.

All, what, $800 of it?