It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way.

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

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.

I love creating moments that feel bigger than just like an artist on stage.

My artistic goal was to write something that's one hundred percent real and true to me and to this world. I tried to touch on truths that really connect with people from every avenue of life. Ultimately, when you write from a vantage point of faith, humility and openness to the world around you, people have to respond because those same truths are instilled in them. Honestly, I don't have any agenda other than being sincere, real, and passionate about these songs and the music I make.

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.

Just because you've written a song doesn't mean that you have pulled through. There are definitely songs where I embodied someone else's pain and that was purely to serve the listener because I knew they needed to hear something. But most of the good stuff comes from my life.