I think good art does come from a dark place.

The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.

The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday.

My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.

I mean I was famous for nothing.

Yes, all my songs come from personal experience and relationships.

I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.

When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.

I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.

I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.

They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.