I began dabbling in writing when I was 12, and there was never an official start to singing... I just sang my songs because there was no one else to sing them and no one told me to shut up!

Lead me to the cross Where Your love poured out Bring me to my knees Lord I lay me down Rid me of myself I belong to You Lead me, lead me to the cross.

You can analyze all you want but you can never explain away the God factor. Sometimes God just decides to breathe on something and it's completely His prerogative.

The music that I make isn't really like any of the music that I listen to. I think I listen to cool music, but I know that I don't make cool music - so it's kind of funny!

I've always recognised that I have influence, whether I like it or not, and that I can use it to do something good.

I think I was always an old soul, even as a teenager.

At sixteen I was like: "I need to get an album out now!" - even though I was only sixteen. I was always in a little bit of a rush to be an adult.

I'm not quite sure where the sponsorship rumour came from... probably because I have been a spokesperson for child sponsorship so people just assumed that was the connection.

I learnt that music cost something, and that's a good thing. Also, that I should exercise, because I didn't and I got very sick.

I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.

I know my sound, and I have to be true to who I am as an artist, even though I want be real cool, and make really cool music.

Arguing is a waste of time, because our attitudes need a quantum leap, not our knowledge. Arguing is a sport at best and a bad attitude at worst.

Every Journey has it's own set of dark tunnels, diversions, exits and sources of lights. If we are not focussed enough, we will keep wandering and wandering in the dark tunnels.

Behavior speaks... I need not listen to someone's apology

My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television.

Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.

I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.

If you don't want anyone to know anything about you, don't write anything.

Money is the sixth sense that makes it possible to enjoy the other five.

The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human condition, but also overwhelmed by it.

People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made.