You do your best, you do all this stuff, but the only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it.

Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No.

How we absorb music is unique. I know what I do. When I'm listening to music, I tend to find myself in a song. That's what really makes you connect is if you feel what that song is saying.

Heaven plants a special seed, and we must have faith.

Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real.

Real relationship is gritty and earthy, the stuff that life is made of.