My lifestyle got so disruptive to my family that my parents had no choice but to say, "You can't live here any longer if you're going to live this way." So, I was thrilled about it - thrilled!

Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.

The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace

Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.

God's acceptance of us cannot be gained by our successes nor forfeited by our failures.

God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up.

The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

Here's one way I can know that I've forgotten the gospel of grace: when your sin bothers me more than my sin.

Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.

If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves.

Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.

Life moves for people who move their bodies!

Self leadership requires us to lead and motivate ourselves. But it looks a heck of a lot like schizophrenia during a ropes course.

When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you.

The best way to find things out is not to ask questions at all. If you fire off a question, it is like firing off a gun - bang it goes

This whole 'X Factor' thing with people assuming I'm going to be a one-hit wonder - that won't happen with me.

There's lots of interesting stuff happening in the world. Lots of good and bad things, and there's interest in music still, which there always will be, which is always a good thing.

The only men I love are dead.

There is no harder thing to give up than the thing that was supposed to make you happy.

The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are.

Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.