I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.'
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I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.
We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.
My father started me singing in church.
One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.
I started listening to gospel when I was a little boy and my grandmother used to rock me on her lap.
The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs.
I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.
'My Church' - that was really the tipping point of me going from songwriter to artist.
There's a song called 'My Faith' that's kind of my spiritual song on my record. It's a little bit of my softer side of me, comin' out of left field a little bit.
I sang on Church Street, every place that had a stage.