I think one of the things that I carry, and just my goals in life, is just encourage people and make them feel joy and celebrated and they leave feeling like maybe there was stuff talked about that was difficult, but then there was a voice of redemption and grace in the middle of that.

I love creating. I am addicted to the drug of creation and creating things. I get a little depressed when I am struggling to find what I know is locked inside. If it's a lyric or something that is challenging me, I can be very depressed, but when it's like heaven opens up and it gives you a song, it's amazing. There's nothing else that I enjoy more probably.

I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time.

I never play all new stuff, because you got to "dance with the girl that brought you" what is that saying? You got to play the songs that got you there, so I love playing the songs from my very first record.

Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses.

Don't apologize for all the tears you've cried, you've been way too strong now for all your life.

The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told.