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

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.

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.

There is no better news, than the fact that Jesus can actually turn a life upside down and save it.

Grover: It’s a very sweet love story. I get misty-eyed every time I play it. So does Percy, but I think that’s because he’s laughing at me.

When I am longing for love, every rose is the expression of my soul.

Creation is not restricted to the artist but instead is about how we bring ourselves authentically into the world both through our doing and being.

Time at length becomes justice.

One doesn't just wander unvetted into someone else's epic interstellar future history.

It took me years to learn that character is fate and that no one can be made over.

it's easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone

States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have roots and ramifications; the first bad weather kills them

Israel is a start-up nation, and I think it can be done in other places. I will do it outside the government. I don't need the government.