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

As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself.

I love the idea that you can create a world through song.

The tendency in today's culture is to want to be a 'star', but I want to be a servant.

I look around and I know there's a lot in the world that I want to see changed - and I want to be a part of something bigger than myself. I want to see things change, in myself as much as in the world around me.

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.

Sometimes the things that hurt are worth the pain.