No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt are part of the deal you can count me out but if your talking about a game I can win You can count me in

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

I also love real estate and decorating.

How do I tell you what my heart's been telling me?

The church and all Christians need to pray, but without playing an active part, it is impossible to impact the country

Happiness does not come in large incomes or the most exotic home, it comes in small doses of a great self esteem which can be built upon the strengths of an individual.

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.

I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.

Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see.

Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?

Without U.S. troops, Afghanistan, like Iraq, could descend into chaos.

I was glad to be with her, but it also kind of hurt, and it hurt when I wasn't with her, too.

The story of Little Blue Riding Hood is true. Only the color has been changed to prevent an investigation.

Making "bad people" seem human is the key to making them really scary.