There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place.

Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it

It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.

What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.

If September 11th has taught us anything, it's certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.

Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is.

At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.