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" My favorite bands were Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep, Grand Funk Railroad. If you listen to some of my early music, you can hear it. "

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" When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew my jazz background, suggested I try big-band music, so we spent a year experimenting with it in concert, and the audience reaction was really good. "

" When I was first writing, I was writing mostly about sporting events, which was really what my assignments were. I was working on the Tour de France bike race and the Barcelona Olympic Games, and those songs tend to be very big, very bombastic-type music, which is the type of music that I love to write. "

" I was really raised by three women - my mom, and I have two older sisters, one nine years and one 11 years older - so I'm happy to have that many women in the house. "

" It's my job to try and be as good a person as I can, and that's enough work for me. "

" I hate to say it, but Christmas as a kid was always a moneymaking venture for me. I played trumpet, and a friend of mine who played trombone and a guy who played tuba, every Christmas we'd go out for three or four days beforehand and play Christmas carols on our horns. "

" I am always exhausted; I am always trying to find more time to be with my family, which is why they travel with me so much. "

" I've always loved radio. Television scares me, because I'm older. "

" The only thing I have ever really cared to be known as is a musician. "

" The best thrill is standing on stage and playing - other than being married to my wife. "

" Most of the people interviewing me are far more square than me. I think it's the ET thing. I'm sitting there, my hair is combed, and I'm in a suit. "

" Being in music forever, I have good pitch, so I know when I'm singing in or out of tune. But the key to really good singing is just relaxing and thinking about what the song is. "

" The real advantage for me is that I have the opportunity to lead worship every Sunday. "

" There's probably a way to use that great content and to live under the radar now and then in order to reach a new audience. That's the thinking I'm talking about. "

" Every three or four shows, we have somebody that will come up onstage and propose marriage. "

" Our band doesn't really have a name. "

" I'd like to do a television show that is encouraging, useful, and clean, and I'd like to go up against Entertainment Tonight and beat it. "

" If you want to get an education in how to get a story and how to survive, then get a street reporter job in New York City. "

" We're big fans of the idea that faith without works is dead. "

" To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry. "

" Really, at a time when they're debating when and where a nativity scene can be used, this is the kind of stuff we need to have out there - outside of the church. "

" People like Bryant Gumbel and Bob Costas are terrific broadcasters because they get challenged every day. "

" I do a long sound check. I get there at noon on the day of a show and sit behind the piano and then walk around with the microphone. Then I feel like I have done my homework. "

" We feel like if we miss a Sunday at church, that's one thing, but we can't miss an opportunity to help. "

" I like writing different types of music. I like writing Christian music. I like collaborating with Christian artists. We have a Christian following. I love writing kids' music. "

" I guarantee you that the people who watch 'Conan O'Brien' or who watch 'Entertainment Tonight' and probably a lot of these other programs have never heard of Operation Blessing. Maybe they have heard of UNICEF, and I'm sure they have heard of the Red Cross, but they haven't heard of this organization. "

" I worry a lot about what people think. I worry people think I'm not helping them enough, that they don't like my music, that I'm playing a song too fast or talking too fast. I worry my wife isn't happy with our relationship... I'm afraid somebody's going to take my career away from me. That it's going to go away, or I'm going to get fired. "

" Risk means everything from being honest about your faith, to moving, to quitting a job that's paying you a fortune but it's not what's in your heart. Risking things is one of the biggest fears we have. "

" I spent another six years in Europe covering sporting events such as the Tour de France. "

" I was 23 years old. It was a wild time. I was covering everything that blew up - blackouts, Studio 54, son of Sam killer, and all of that stuff. "

" I've sort of become the poster boy for quitting your job and following your dreams. "