You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want to write to tell the truth.

I feel like that's something the church has done really badly is actually confessing. We are sinners. We are broken, shattered people that do things selfishly, out of arrogance, pride, lust, greed. And all have fallen short. That doesn't mean some we're definitely a part of that inclusive all.

The kingdom of heaven is comprised of the broken, the fatherless, the poor, the starving. Nothing that could create good ratings for NBC.

Hope is not a substitute for pain. Hope is in spite of pain.

Faith, hope, and love remain. But the greatest of these is love.

If you truly love someone, you're going to be pure because true love comes from God, and God tells us to remain pure. That's good enough for me.

Music is a handshake where I, as a songwriter, am only part of the equation. I love that, the fact that you can make the song your own.