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

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

I was 23 years old. It was a wild time. I was covering everything that blew up - blackouts, Studio 54, son of Sam killer, and all of that stuff.

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.

When you have a 13 year old child, you suddenly realize that you may need to pick a vocation.