With the style of music that I do, I don't think it's at the top of their agenda to push me into doing any compromising material.

If you get raised up having everything you want and then get put out in the world and try to live your own life, you've never had anything to train you how to live.

Apparently, there's this whole set of disgruntled people but obviously it's not my intention to offend anyone by changing the style of music that I've done.

During a big rock show, you can flub a few things and nobody will hear it, because it gets buried under everything else.

Who I am musically I hope will just keep changing and changing.

I'm not a fast, stream-of-consciousness lyricist at all - I know some guys who are, and if there is one skill I wish I had, it's that.

I have an awesome church home and an awesome Pastor down in L.A., and I couldn't be happier.

Cause I enjoy both, I enjoy recording and playing live, but yeah, the rush of playing live is really something.

But I needed to prove to everyone that I was a serious musician.

Right, yeah, you know, my favorite thing just globally about music is just hopefully I'm able to be, you know, blessing the people in any way that I can.

Sometimes I'll get a burst when I write lyrics, it usually happens in 20 minutes and I'll write the whole song, and that's really the only way it feels comfortable.

Grace will dropinto your pocketon a day of waning light-

War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it's a lottery.

As we passed over the dark bridge her wan face fell lazily against my coat's shoulder and the formidable stroke of thirty died away with the reassuring pressure of her hand.

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.

All conventions are very enjoyable. The more variety you do, the better.

The journey is more important than where you end up.

If we could see, even for a split second, the depths of God's love for us - all we'd want to do is worship and prayer would never seem a chore.

I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.

I will keep that a secret as it was so indecent I doubt she was in her normal state of mind when she made it.