Eventually everything fails me, but when I look at the sunset or the sky, I'm reminded what it's like to be alive.

I've always been fascinated with the strong emotional ties that music can have. A song can bring you back to a place or a season of life like no other art form can.

The song can be a little bit more of the mystery and leave the whole thing open ended. But there's something really gratifying about saying exactly what you mean.

Music is admitted under the skin without permission.

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

From the shore, the ocean is forever. It's a beautiful, dangerous place. Music is tied to the sea, born from the struggle, looking for hope. Because hope belongs in the dark places.

The beauty of what I read in the gospel is the intimacy of what we're called to, that there's no middle man.