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" About two months ago I finished a gospel tour. "
Two
Finished
Gospel
" And, of course, Barbados is the other place where I like to be. "
Course
Where
Place
" But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure. "
Fear
Failure
You
" But Jesus changes your attitude towards yourself and towards other people. "
People
Changes
Yourself
" But, of course, one relies on the everyday people who just simply like your music, for whom you may not be a hobby but they enjoy being in your presence at a concert. "
Enjoy
People
Concert
" 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. "
Sit
You
Feel
" Celebrities meet a lot of people and we just can't maintain them all in our fuddled brains. "
Meet
Our
People
" Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time. "
Think
Time
Support
" I can say I have become far more open about what I believe. "
Believe
Say
Open
" I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an artist, because you may not have what the public want at that time, and you have to be prepared for that. "
Want
Artist
God
" If I'm going to represent God I have to do it the best I can. "
God
Represent
I Can
" If you can play guitar and sing, you can probably get a gig down the road playing at a restaurant, but don't throw your life away chasing something that is so elusive it will only lead you to regret and may turn you bitter. "
Road
Restaurant
Regret
" If you have got the public in the palm of your hand, you can be sure that is where they want to be. "
Got
Hand
Palm
" I have a group of people, about 40, in a local church in Surrey in England, who pray for me regularly. "
People
Group
Me
" I have tried to have a regular daily intake from my Bible, regardless of how late it is. "
Regular
Late
Bible
" I involve myself in an organisation called Tear Fund. "
Myself
Fund
Involve
" I'm very grateful because my fans are very loyal. "
Loyal
Fans
Because
" I realised that God has placed Christians everywhere, to support each other, to support the needy in those areas, and that is the thing that I find is a great plus. "
Find
Those
Support
" It is important to have a circle of Christians friends, which I do have. "
Friends
Which
Circle
" It's important to put all I have into my career. "
Put
Career
Important
" It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved. "
You
Know
Done
" I've got two places I like to be. Portugal is one. "
Places
Like
Got
" 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. "
Like
Career
America
" Our industry is full of all sorts of eccentricities and one of them is owning property. "
Industry
Full
Our
" So I will go as far as I can into rock and roll carrying my Christian banner. "
Christian
I Can
Rock
" Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it. "
Nothing
Knew
Someone
" The more I read my Bible the more I veered away from the Jehovah's Witnesses. "
More
Bible
Away
" The only advice I would give Christians entering the world of arts: give yourself a period of time, maybe three or four years. If you haven't made it in your chosen art form, dump it. "
Advice
You
Yourself
" There is no better news, than the fact that Jesus can actually turn a life upside down and save it. "
Upside Down
Better
Down
" There's loads of things you can do to make things easy for your throat, you can drink a bit of lemon and hot water couple of spoons of honey, you can gargle with port, I've done it a couple of times myself - but don't swallow it! "
Water
You
Easy
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