I smoked with a lot of college students... Most of em wasn't graduatin, and they knew it.

In the end, worship can never be a performance, something you're pretending or putting on. It's got to be an overflow of your heart...Worship is about getting personal with God, drawing close to God.

The heart of God loves a persevering worshipper who, though overwhelmed by many troubles, is overwhelmed even more by the beauty of God.

We can always find a reason to praise. Situations change for better and for worse, but God's worth never changes.

Praise is a contradiction of pride. Pride says 'looks at me,' but praise longs for people to see Jesus.

It's a cold world, better pack your own heat.

Your whole vocabulary's played out, admit it. Still wack if it came out my mouth and I spit it.

Be warned that being an expert is more than understanding how a system is supposed to work. Expertise is gained by investigating why a system doesn't work.

If everyone liked what I did, I probably wouldn't be playing anything of depth.

As we gaze upon the wonders of creations, we look up towards the heights of a God who is merciful in His ways and magnificent in His deeds. The life of worship always points us upwards.

Christian worship must contain both the cross and the crown. Sing of majesty, and sing of mercy.

You can run from the past, but it always catches up with you.

Every night she breaks your heart, and yet every morning you love her more. If that’s not enough, nothing will be!

I'm going to live long enough to live in an America that will assume universal health care is a basic right. That will be amusing and terrific.

Home is the definition of God.

Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.

I'm terrified of saying the wrong thing on stage with bell hooks.

I was at the forefront of the effort to pass $15 minimum wage in Seattle, and have been collaborating with the people who are trying to make that happen across the country.

People by themselves can be pretty stupid. People working together can be very powerful.

There is never a reason to lose hope. Jesus says: “I am with you until the end of the world.

Those who understand the eternal blessings which come from the temple know that no sacrifice is too great, no price too heavy, no struggle too difficult in order to receive those blessings.