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.

My challenge is, do not run away from the hard questions. Truly ask yourself what's worth living for in this life.

Sometimes, the best songs are the ones you write without any pen and paper or audio recording device or guitar in your hands. Because there's nothing between you and the melody; it's just a great lyric.

I use to think that the friction was a bad thing. Everything is to ease pain in our society; pain is very much the enemy. And I don't think that's true. Tension is a good thing. To be pulled tight: that's the only way you can make a proper noise on the guitar or violin.

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.

When our world falls apart and we have no more faces to wear - that’s when it’s beautiful, and that’s when we change.

I love a good pop song. I have no problem with the concept of doing that sort of thing. For me, it's usually what I'm inspired by, what I'm thinking about.