Do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you

I want to live with that sense with the music I make, with the art I make, with the way I love my kids, with the way I am a father and a husband and a friend and a follower of Christ, I want to live with reckless abandonment to the truth of the Gospel.

This is life weve been given, made to be lived out, so... live out loud.

I've always been a rule-follower. Even when I was a kid, I tried to do everything by the book.

The stories that have had the deepest impact on me and one of the reasons I was excited to finally get to write my story, it's when I can read the story of others who are following Christ, who are committed, but just are still on the journey. They haven't arrived, and can be honest about that process.

Success breeds volume, and it's just amazing how many young writers, artists, and musicians there are in town.

I've been here 21 years, and I literally did walk up and down Music Row trying to break into the business. I felt very free to go into any publishing company.