I always wanted to be a full-time musician. Every television job I had was a means to buy a grand piano, or to put in a recording studio, or something like that.

I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M.

A great moment of clarity when I realized I'm dying. There's no reason to wait to do the things we want to do.

To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry.

A lot of people are willing to pray or to put in work, but they're not willing to take true risks.

If you want to write the next great novel, but you think, No, this won't work because no one will buy it or it won't be any good, then you talk yourself out of taking a risk.

I call it the Etch A Sketch life. Every few years, you should shake that thing up.