Five Questions
1994 © Campus Life Magazine

Before Campus Life interviewed DC Talk, we called four "Expressions" readers and asked:
"What would YOU like to know about DC Talk?"
Here's what they wanted to ask.

Michelle Hartenfeld, Heidelberg University, Bellevue, Ohio:
 What's your favorite Bible passage?

Toby: Isaiah 43:19. It basically says, I am doing a new thing in the land, can't you see it as it springs up? That is, where the song "New Thang" came from.
Michael: 1 John 1:9. It promises forgiveness.
Kevin: Philippians 4:13. "I can do all things through him who gives me strength."

Michelle also asks:
 Toby, you always wear a hat. Don't you like your hair?

Toby: I knew somebody was going to ask me that! No, I don't have a problem with my hair. In our new video, 'The Hardway,' you see a lot of my hair. As for hats, I wear them because I like them a lot. They're a way to express my moods and personality.

Jeff Bredfeldt, Valley High School, Naperville, Illinois:
 What groups did you like in high school?

Kevin: U2, REM, Keith Green--I liked his passion and delivery. And I liked Larry Norman.
Toby: I liked a variety of music. Straight up hip-hop stuff, like Run DMC, and the smoother R&B sounds of Cool and the Gang. I liked the Clash, too. And, like Kevin, I was a big U2 fan.

Laura Park, Webster Grove High School, St. Louis, Missouri:
 Where do you get inspiration for your songs?

Toby: Three things
1)from the people who listen to our music--we read their letters, we talk to them, we get to know what they are striggling with;
2) from ourselves--through our relationships with each other;
3) God's Word.

Jesse Rench, North Medford High School, Oregon:
 We've heard rumors you might go mainstream. Are the rumors true?

Toby: Hopefully we will go mainstream, 'cause that's the way we can reach the world with our message.
Michael: Mainstream for us means getting our message into the secular market. And this, of course, means having a secular label carry our music. We are not going to change the message. The message of DC Talk will always be the same.
Kevin: We believe we need to be in the world speaking God's principles. "Going mainstream" would let us do that.