I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing.

Both my parents are Methodist preachers, I grew up in a church.

I still consider myself a very spiritual person but the structure of the church isn't really for me.

Sometimes, there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it. Like my heart's going to cave in.

I grew up in the church and had religion in my life for a long time. I'm not really a church goer, but I definitely have a hunger for a spiritual connection to the world and for my soul to be healed.

You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors.

I didn't know anything about Opus Die except from pop culture, like Dan Brown novels, which I knew wasn't really knowing anything about Opus Die.

But as a kid, I loved 'Monty Python.' My Dad was a devout watcher. We used to watch it when we ate dinner!

Then my extended family, there are preachers and evangelists, former priests. So I have quite a bit of history with Church, religion and spirituality.

Networking isn't how many people you know, it's how many people know you.

The love I see in this world is hate and prejudices.

Never live a day without prayer.

Fear is the greatest predator you encounter on your journey to greatness.

Dorkdom isn't something you can choose. It's something you are. But instead of dividing the world up into dorkside and darkside, I've realised that we all have a little bit of dork inside us.

What it's done for me is highlight the fact that we need to lean into the cartoon universe of social media.

The only thing most people do better than anyone else is read their own handwriting.

Music is a reflection of who you are.

Two sources of success are known: wisdom and effort; make them both thine own, if thou wouldst haply rise.

Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.