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.

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.

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.

Now that I have seen I am responsible, faith without deeds is dead.

In a sea of human beings, it is difficult, at times even impossible, to see the human as being.

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.” - Chinese proverb

The great thing in life is not to be able to do things, because then they are always done for you.

I’ll be back tomorrow,” he said, “at nine o’clock. Don’t open your door to anyone else.” “Not even my balcony door?” “Especially not your balcony door.

In the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle.

I bought properties inexpensively and made a lot of money. I began to think it was easy.

If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very far at being equal.

On tiptoes the redhead wouldn't even reach my shoulders; she is clearly too young to be a bride. And the willowy girl is too forlorn. And I am too unwilling. Yet here we are.

Until these college students came into town, we were all very poor and didn't have money to do anything.

Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour are hard to resist.