All life-changing love is inconvenient.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

I had never been to second base.

No human power can force the intrenchments of the human mind: compulsion never persuades; it only makes hypocrites.

I never feel sexy. I have a distant relationship with the mirror.

Mood disorders are terribly painful illnesses, and they are isolating illnesses. And they make people feel terrible about themselves when, in fact, they can be treated.

After my first record came out, I read everything. I was so amazed that I was in the press.

I could never bear to be buried with people to whom I had not been introduced.

It's a journey, it's a fight everyday. There was a real effort to stay in the program... So far this has been a very successful rehab.

I've always craved to belong to somewhere, but I never have and never will.

Unlike a lot of choreographers, I don't always start with the music. I often start with a visual artist, and then find music that fits the world of that visual artist.