Don't be afraid of the shadows, it only means there's a light nearby.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

I write by myself initially. That's the way I've always written, just working on pure thought by myself. Then I bring it to the table with whoever I'm collaborating with.

There's nothing sexy about skin and bone. You gotta have some junk in the trunk.

I'm singing from my heart now more than ever. I've gotten a lot braver with my writing.

There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience.

I love folk; that's a big part of my background.