Hope is not something you can just place in your back pocket or put your fingers around – it’s the belief in a world that has yet to exist.

I wanna be a part of the generation that throws out money, throws out time, throws out all that we are against something bigger than ourselves.

All music is worship. It just depends on what you’re worshipping.

I'm continually wrestling with the idea that there are certain things in this world that simply don't fit. The idea that I have this longing for beauty and truth, and yet I'm also attracted to things that are very dark the lies that exist within me and outside of me.

I think sometimes we can use spirituality as a vehicle to go closer to the things that frighten us and sometimes we can use it as a shield. I'm guilty of it too. I think spiritual words can do one or the other. Because when I hear people say, in a religion setting, 'Glory,' 'Praise the Lord,' 'Hallelujah,' but it doesn't mean anything, those are actually words that distance us from God, ironically enough.

For me songs are born out of the gray space, the things I don't fully understand, the things that I can't put in my pocket.

The truth will set you free, but it's only slightly less scary than hell and a whole lot harder to get there.