HJ: Let's talk a minute about your newest disc. What is your favorite or most personal song on the new album?

CA: The song "All the Way to Texas":  I have some buddies I go hunting with, fishing with, and grew up playing some ball with. They're not really believers, but they're some of the best guys I've ever met. I remember one guy saying to me "Why would God worry about what I want? Why would he worry about my five hundred dollar a month mortgage payment bill that I'm having trouble making, when there's kids dying, women being raped, hurricanes, Katrina? Why would he even care about my little prayer or me in this little town of one thousand people?" And I wrote this song from the perspective of someone that doesn't read the Bible, and to help him understand that the love of God is so huge and so powerful, but so personal.

HJ: What about the song "Better Today"?  I heard that has some special meaning.

CA: That was written, and I actually sang that at my wedding. That's why you hear me say "I'm only just a man, simply made of sand, except when you're by my side," which means I'm better because you're near me; and I've been able to perform it also at a couple of weddings when I'm not on tour and it just resonated with people worldwide and has been my number one selling song... that and "Umbrella (Christ Mix)."