Any religious, philosophical or political idea that doesn't lead one towards love ought to be forsaken

I think I'm just trying to be myself and write songs that are honest. That's what I hear in artist's that I like.

The danger of art created to rise above the noise is that it may end up being noise itself.

Creativity is simply the human brain forming new connections between ideas, and we all are engaged in this process every day. The common idea that there are some people who are creative and some who are not is a myth. On some level, we are all artists. We are all creators.

Money is not the root of all kinds of evil. The love of money is. It’s also the root of a lot of bad art.

The noise around us determines how we speak. And how we listen. Just as a conversation suffers in a war zone, art suffers in a culture built on noise. So does our enjoyment of it.

I don't want everybody to try to sound like something; I think that God has given us each unique talents and passions. The things that come out of me will be different than my neighbor, because I have a totally different set of relationships, totally different set influences and personality traits.