The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday.
I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.
I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.
My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.
I mean I was famous for nothing.
They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.
I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.
Yes, all my songs come from personal experience and relationships.
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.
I think good art does come from a dark place.
I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia.
I'll watch any show on the History Channel.
I'd say that after my father passed my writing changed, it went deeper. Most would say 'matured' but I don't think I'd use that word in relation to my progress. I think 'change' is a little more accur...