The religious lifestyle keeps you focused. It's helpful when trying to manoeuvre through the music scene.

The idea that God's mercy is connected to whether or not I shave is ludicrous and I need to just trust myself, and that, you know, if I'm deserving of God's mercy, I'll get it, regardless of, you know, my beard.

Growing up, the way that I looked was very important to me. I was always trying to impress people, and when I grew my beard there was a certain freedom, a separation, getting past this the way I looked, identify myself as a spiritual seeker.

My life is not separate from my music, you know? It's not like a day job that I leave and go home. It's who I am as a person and how I am trying to grow, come closer to God, be a better person.

Most of my life wasn't about knowledge from books, but experiential knowledge.

I can show you where to dig, and what to dig for, but the digging you must do for yourself.

It's unbelievable to me how sure people can be of themselves.