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

There's a truth to the fact that it's hard to be real. It's easy to be indulgent. It's easy to be bubble gum, but it's hard to find a real thing that really makes your soul tick. It's painful and honest. It can be more challenging than just a sad song.

As my uncle always says, 'If your vibe outweighs your substance, you're destined to be a novelty.' I think that is true in all art.

Well, I never made a record to be in the Christian market. So when I made my record it was to exist in all of the markets. I grew up not really listening to tons of Christian music and if I did it was in the context of all the other music I listened to. So when I made the record I definitely had plans and visions and dreams.

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

The songs that you start to write that you are a little scared of can be the ones that you have to tell.

If you make people think they're thinking they'll like you, but if you make people actually think, then watch out, you're not going to be popular.