Don't be discouraged, but know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance brings character, and character brings hope, and this is a hope which will not disappoint us.

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

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.

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love another.

Celebrity is a currency with an exchange rate almost as strong as anonymity.

Sometimes the things that hurt are worth the pain.

I feel like that's something the church has done really badly is actually confessing. We are sinners. We are broken, shattered people that do things selfishly, out of arrogance, pride, lust, greed. And all have fallen short. That doesn't mean some we're definitely a part of that inclusive all.