But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing.
When I use music on stage, the prime directive is to entertain the public, so it is different.
I have tried to have a regular daily intake from my Bible, regardless of how late it is.
I can say I have become far more open about what I believe.
I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an artist, because you may not have what the public want at that time, and you have to be prepared for that.
But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you wont fear that failure.
Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time.
I involve myself in an organisation called Tear Fund.
But Jesus changes your attitude towards yourself and towards other people.
I think that if you are going to be successful as a Christian in the arts, you have to be successful in your Christian life.
So I will go as far as I can into rock and roll carrying my Christian banner.
The only advice I would give Christians entering the world of arts: give yourself a period of time, maybe three or four years. If you haven't made it in your chosen art form, dump it.
I have a group of people, about 40, in a local church in Surrey in England, who pray for me regularly.
Of course, when I started my career, like anyone else who was 16 at the time, we were besotted by the rock-n-roll scene from America, and all I was interested in was having a career of my own.
Celebrities meet a lot of people and we just can't maintain them all in our fuddled brains.
When you're out there with thousands of people it's probably better to have a bigger show to look at, and it turned out really well and they videoed it for me.
Our industry is full of all sorts of eccentricities and one of them is owning property.
It's important to put all I have into my career.
It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved.
If you can play guitar and sing, you can probably get a gig down the road playing at a restaurant, but don't throw your life away chasing something that is so elusive it will only lead you to regret and may turn you bitter.
