Of course, when I started my career, like anyone else who was 16 at the time, we were besotted by the rock-n-roll scene from America, and all I was interested in was having a career of my own.

The more I read my Bible the more I veered away from the Jehovah's Witnesses.

I've got two places I like to be. Portugal is one.

What other people think of me is becoming less and less important; what they think of Jesus because of me is critical.

But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing.

I have a group of people, about 40, in a local church in Surrey in England, who pray for me regularly.

The more we depend on God the more dependable we find He is.

Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it.

When you use music to worship you are not attempting to entertain.

The nice thing about having relatives' kids around is that they go home.

I'm very grateful because my fans are very loyal.

The Almighty LORD is our strong deliver.

If it doesn't lead to success or happiness, it is absolutely not for you.

I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency.

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.

Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothers or sisters with demeaning words, words that fail to honor the people around us as the beautiful image-bearing creatures that they are.

Religion is something that gets hammered in early, and never really goes away. And has powers to move which go beyond anything rational.

The church is no more religion than the masonry of the aqueduct is the water that flows through it.

I think because I came from a very strong news background and people were aware of me from that side of things, they appreciated me as a journalist. Maybe it was less difficult for me.

The strength of the genie comes from being in a bottle.

all the categories which we employ to describe conscious mental acts, such as ideas, purposes, resolutions, and so on, can be applied tothese latent states.