But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross.

Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.

Essentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But one of the reasons I'm attracted to people like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Christ, to pacifism, is because naturally, I'm the guy that would not turn the other cheek - but, when people see you're attracted to that, they think you are that.

When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life.

Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency.

There's no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.