I recognize that no matter how old I get, how many records I've done, or what the public perception of me is, there are still exciting things that I haven't done.

Not everybody is going to love what you do, but you have to be yourself, that's what's most important. Bring it as hard as you can.

Art came fluidly, so I was able to teach myself many of the things I thought were important by copying and mimicking my artistic idols.

The important thing isn't that your technically great, I think it's the power of your expression.

Speak with your own voice and be as unique as you possibly can.

I really try towork with an artist who is trying to create a long legacy of quality rather than trying to jump aboard a trend.

Punk rock and metal has always been a home to me, it's where I cut my teeth; and those are the friends that I have, and the bands that I love.

Give your stuff away and if it's good, people will come to you.

In fact, many musicians are the happiest when the artist and audience re-interpret or re-imagine the content of the songs.

I take myself seriously and want my image to me more than just something aesthetically suited towards selling records.

It's my intention to make something stand outside the realm of album art, but it also feels comfortable to me to be in it. It's tricky and definitely a requires striking a delicate balance.

Don't expect to drop into matrimonial harmony with the end of the honeymoon

It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have an idea, you become a minority of one.

God wants the simplicity and accessibility of Jesus Christ to be your main quality

For at some point, each of us will be asked to embody what we feel and know.

True initiation is a response to an inner calling; it requires that you face personal challenges heroically and experience a genuine rebirth into a new way of being.

I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

I'm a total junk food-er.

God's will is hard only when it comes up against our stubbornness, then it is as cruel as a ploughshare and as devastating as an earthquake.

Be careful how quickly you give away your fire.

What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world.