The great thing about my parents bringing me up in church, is that when you know about God, at least you can turn to Him. What I get scared of young people now is that they find themselves in this black hole and they don't know who to turn to. I just started to pray. I just asked God to help me and guide me to be a better person and to find peace in my heart, not to be afraid. Just general things that I didn't feel like I deserved.
And things got better?
Yes. Gradually that year, in 1987 - it was very gradual - prayers were answered, little things happened... even getting out of bed and feeling happier... just all these little things. It took me ages to realise that I was finding the Lord. I didn't know what to say when people asked me if I were a Christian. You know you hear great testimonies of people giving their lives to the Lord, and they burst into tears? I was very conscious that that didn't happen to me. It took me a long time to say that I was a Christian and to say that it was a gradual thing. It happens that way to 80 per cent of the people anyway. It needs to be talked about because people were in the same boat as I was. Thinking, 'Am I there yet?' It's really important to share that. It didn't dawn on me for ages. But the summer of '87, I was feeling much better. I've made a mess of my marriage, that I felt I probably didn't even deserve another chance. But I was even happy about that. I just said, 'Lord I want to be a better person.' But by the end of the summer - the Lord has a great sense of humour - I met Tim.
Tell me about your new album Signature.
For the first time - the album is about me. Although I did write a couple of songs about me before, in a song called "Perfect Time." God's perfect time.
