Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician.

There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or even a bitterness.

I don't know how other bands play the same songs every night.

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

I'm always keen to head to where the greatest gravitation pull is tugging me.

I've made a few albums in such an autonomous way; it often has been exhausting. It's almost difficult to enjoy the process when you take on so much.

It's not an insult to have a past and to have some accountability to it.

We cannot glorify God when we refuse to celebrate others

Teaching our children to live a quiet, sane, and balanced life is one of the most important parental tasks of our day.

Nolan was the only one who knew the real Lexi Shaw, and that was exactly how I intended to keep it.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

Conflict, not progress, is the word that defines man's path from darkness into light. No holiness is won by any other means than this, that wickedness should be slain day by day, and hour by hour.

Thanks, but that's not going to fix anything. It's like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.

What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

I started thinking what could happen with my art and I realized that the biggest thing that could is that it winds up in a museum. It's like finding a rare animal and putting it in the zoo.

There are no limits on your dreams if you're willing to work for it.

My father was my god. His approval was so valuable to me.