I am inspired musically by anyone who can write a song that can bring me to tears.

All of my favorite songs can bring me to tears. Some are rock, some are blues, some are love ballads. That's why I play music - to touch other people as I have been touched.

Two quiet people are not very fun together.

I think ever since I was a kid I knew subconsciously that I wanted to be an actor. I would walk around the house pretending I was somewhere else.

Baz Luhrrman's movie Romeo and Juliet is what made me decide that I wanted to dedicate my life to making films one way or another.

Best advice was from a man by the name of James Dean. "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today". I read that my senior year in high school and have never stopped since.

My mom is a singer and my Dad introduced me to bands such as Zeppelin and the Stones so music has always played a huge part in my life.

I have always been into music ever since I was a kid.

It's very rare that you get a group of people who are all passionate and driven and all get along.

I am always a big believer that if you work hard enough and you work out of passion, a person can do anything.

For some reason when I decide to pursue something, I never have any fear that it won't happen. I think it's just ingrained in my brain. Which I guess is a great advantage.

Always be there for others. Always inspire them with your dreams and hope, vision and mission, attitude and aptitude.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Let an idea swim to the surface like a fish in a pool...let the mind drift to the vision.

Our audience, it has been a more difficult process for classical music audiences around the world, and I'm not completely certain why.

If Everybody In The World Dropped Out Of School We Would Have A Much More Intelligent Society.

Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.

Prayer need not be an activity we engage in for only an hour each morning. Rather, let us live in the atmosphere of prayer, our hearts continually being lifted up in prayer to Him.

I come from a background of independent films.

When actors go onstage, you know immediately if they can do their job. You can be a lawyer or an accountant for years and not find out.

There is a difference between feeding someone and eating dinner with them. If every Christian at home just made room for the stranger we would end homelessness overnight.