I think of myself as more of a lover rather than a fighter, but sometimes you have to fight for what you love.

I have horrible acting ability. I can only be one thing and that's it. So for better, for worse, that's all I've got to offer is me. I've got nothing else.

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'm learning how much I have to learn, how little I know, how fragile my understanding is. I'm learning to be thankful and patient; today is all that we will ever have in this life. If we spend our time obsessing with the future or regretting the past then we will never live. Tomorrow will always be tomorrow and yesterday cannot be changed. The wise man seeks God in the now and brings both his regrets and fears before Him. The freedom that we are offered is truly amazing: to live, today, free from even our own fallen desires. This is where I want to be.

I often use music as a handle for very emotionally explosive substances: love, sex, God, fear, doubt, politics, the economics of the soul - these are daunting thoughts in the back of my mind that I rarely visit without the safety gloves of song.

If you're leaving your family behind, you better believe in what you're singing.

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.