I am often tempted to think of success in terms that are defined by others: records sold, popularity gained, album reviews, etc. These are impossible demands, however, and they can never be satisfied. Letting finite others define our worth is a horrible way to live. Only the Infinite Other [God] has the authority to do this.

Why is it that everything is collapsing if gravity is pulling us together?

Pain is a common emotion in many of my songs mainly because I often don't know other ways to express it adequately. In my songs I wrestle with the things that I don't understand.

I'm not really one to be on camera, I'd rather be writing songs.

Please be slow to judge ‘brothers’ who have a different calling.

I’m really only responsible to make sure that one person is clapping at the end of my life. Because I feel like as a performer, a lot of times you live for everyone else’s applause. That’s a dangerous thing within the church or outside the church.

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. But when life hands you hurricanes, you go surfing.