I'm astonished by my success.

Some things in life are worth waiting for.

If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.

Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.

I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.

Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.

We are always better than before when those we love inflict wounds upon us.

Sing Me no songs tell me no tales cry me no tears, but remember me kindly.

I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.

Things work out the way they're meant to

To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights.

God can accomplish more through one message in the fulness of the Spirit than through hundreds given in the energy of the flesh.

The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.

I'm writing new music all the time. I'm just not writing pop stuff. It's not my goal.

Love doesn't need reason. It speaks from the irrational wisdom of the heart.

Life has no friend.

If you have humility you are halfway to God-realization.

In 2008, we had barely put our first album out and a lot of people were unsure about us on that tour. But the crowds were insane to say the least.

Another way of looking at this, is that the best companies are almost always mission oriented.