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.

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.

You don't have to be afraid, even death itself does not have power. In Christ, everything is becoming new, everything is different.

The more successful the work, the more people will step in to try to influence and manipulate the work for their own benefit.

Not just in Christian music but also in a lot of Christian culture there is a lot of pretending that everyone is perfect, nobody is really going through much.

Pain is as common as skin, we all experience it. It unites us all. Fortunately, that's not the whole story.

Art matters. It is not simply a leisure activity for the privileged or a hobby for the eccentric. It is a practical good for the world. The work of the artist is an expression of hope - it is homage to the value of human life, and it is vital to society. Art is a sacred expression of human creativity that shares the same ontological ground as all human work. Art, along with all work is the ordering of creation toward the intention of the creator.