Surfing and music were incredible outlets for me when I was a kid. And there are some really tricky times when you're growing up and it's easy to make a wrong decision, even with a good family and community around you. Surfing and music kept me out of trouble.

Let me know that you hear me, let me know Your touch, let me know that You love me, and let that be enough

Life tears at us and scars us as children so we adopt facades and masks to hide this part of us, to keep this sacred part of ourselves from the pain.

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

I began thinking about the idea of a 24 hour concert. What if you tied songs to certain hours of the day - creating a 24 hour world of lyric and melody. So that was the inspiration for this project.

I look for places where there's no one out on the water. I'd rather surf a wave to myself than fight a crowd.

Information has become king, whereas wisdom should be king and there is a big difference between the two.