When you are behind bars with no hope of release, you need to find strength wherever you can. Personally, I found strength in Michael Jackson.

Hannah in the show is enormous, like a Hilary Duff of TV. I hope everyone really likes her. She's a great person!

I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.

Life is a flame that is always burning itself out; but it catches fire again every time a child is born. Life is greater than death, and hope than despair.

I was hopeless, now I'm on Hope Road.

As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.