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.

I'm very reluctant to put my words into God's mouth.

Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just a nudge towards another sale. Even in our relationships we consume each other, each of us looking for what we can get out of the other. Our appetites are often satisfied at the expense of those around us. In a dog-eat-dog world we lose part of our humanity.

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

I've got a variety of different sources of news that I follow and every day there's going to be different headlines, different stories spun different ways and different sources that they're going to cite as their facts.

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.

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