I try to be a better dad and husband than I do pretend rock star.

I think it has a lot to do with determination. I treat people the way I want to be treated and believe if you work hard you can have the things you want in life.

I didn't have a lot to do with the first record.

I picked and co-wrote the songs that if I was a guy who would be spending my hard-earned money buying an album I would want to hear.

I was so happy and content with in life playing music. Music was always my first job and my day gig was my second job.

I'd like to expand on doing what I love and venture out a bit more. I would like to play consistantly good music. Eventually someday I would like to open up a school and teach kids about music.

I think I started lip-synching about halfway through the first day, and it's not as easy as you think it would be. But it's definitely better than a day job.

I think America did a great job. I think Carrie Underwood fits the bill of American Idol. She's a wonderful girl, and she's gonna have a great career.

But whatever the Lord throws at me right now, I think I've been given more blessings than I ever deserved. If he wants to top it off with anything - boy, girl - I would love either of them.

Just practice hard and stay grounded. Treat people like you want to be treated and work hard.

It's not just about waking up and trying to be a star... It's practice, practice, practice.

She was like the Sun. At just the right distance, she gave me life, but if I got too close, she would burn me.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

The life of prayer is so great and various there is something in it for everyone. It is like a garden which grows everything, from alpines to potatoes.

Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.

Well, I'm a professional.

Both my parents work in film. They're crew. I love movies, and I just wanted to be involved. I got really lucky. I auditioned for a while and then started making films.

The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if I was there?

I'm used to doing comic books, where every month there's a new comic book! I find that the movie business is not quite the same. It doesn't move quite as fast.

I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.

Even though Prince wasn't rapping and it was a whole different era, it shows how artists expressed themselves without saying too much, and that was the real beauty of the art.