No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal.

After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible.

My biggest blast-off hit was "You Raise Me Up." If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.

Even with our differences There is a place we're all connected Each of us can find each other's light, There's so much to be thankful for.

Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me.

If I'm in a relationship, I'll go to the ends of the earth. If I'm on the road and we have a conversation, and she says, "God, I really wish I was there with you right now," I'll hang up the phone, send a car, and have the plane ready.

I was the boy who liked to sing his own songs at talent shows, and I was suddenly officially uncool.