Your story matters, who you are matters, tonight matters, none of it is an accident. You were born for the blue skies.

Sometimes the things that hurt are worth the pain.

I do have an obligation, however, a debt that cannot be settled by my lyrical decisions. My life will be judged by my obedience, not my ability to confine my lyrics to this box or that.

The biggest thing that I've learned is to run the marathon, not the sprint. By that I mean, don't let the little problems that you face in the hour in daily life cast a shadow over the larger joys that you have, over the course of the years.

Eventually everything fails me, but when I look at the sunset or the sky, I'm reminded what it's like to be alive.

For me, even if I'm not a fan of the band in general or maybe it's not the style of music I want to put on for my daughter and me when we're waking up in the morning, there's always something that I can learn from it. And I think those are the things that are surprising.

If we truly believe in an all-powerful God, then there's going to be beauty and truth to be found in all sorts of different places.