"I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box."

"Only do what your heart tells you."

"Family is the most important thing in the world."

"I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams."

"Part of the joy of music is listening to lots of different kinds of music and learning from it. Specifically for me, I like writing songs that move me, and what moves me are beautiful songs on the piano or the guitar and really, really heavy music."

"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do."

"My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal relationship with the Lord inspires me in all I do."

"My next project will be a Christian album, another one. I wrote the songs for the ones you're referring to, but I want to do some of my old gospel favorites. That's what my next album's going to be."