I love producing! It's so much fun to start with a blank canvas and create the picture you want to create and see it all come together.

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask It's hard to see the pain behind the mask Bearing the burden of a secret storm Sometimes she wishes she was never born

In my daughter's eyes, I am a hero, I am strong and wise, and I know no fear, but the truth is plain to see, she was sent to rescue me, I see who I want to be, in my daughter's eyes.

Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world.

I grew up in the country surrounded by music.

I am happy that women can relate to my songs, and hopefully men can too.

Baby, I've tried to find a place inside your heart. Oh, but it's hard to start a fire without a spark.

I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others' strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty.

Every show, every audience is different, and I just love leaving the venue feeling like we all know each other a little bit better.

I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to get some fruit in there.

I listen to music I'm looking to record or catch up on news and TV, whatever is on the TV at the gym!

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

I used to be shy about ordering a steak after I had eaten a steak sandwich, but I got used to it.

Prayer is the only way to amend your life: and without prayer, it will never be mended.

Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.

I met a girl and we ran away, I swore I'd make her happy every day. And how I made her cry, two faces have I.

I have a variety of friends I climb with. But the common thing is I trust all of them. They're solid climbers, the sort of people I trust to know what they're doing.

I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun.

Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles.

That special bond you think you have with your pet is imaginary. As long as it has food and water, you could get hit by a train tomorrow, and your pet wouldn't think anything of it.

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.