I think initially the impetus for doing stuff yourself comes from your love of other music.

I think central to what we do is thinking about what's our role, how does this idea of being a band and getting on the stage and playing stuff.

In my experience as a record producer, the people who most get involved are the people from independent labels who feel they have more to do with it; it's their "baby" kind of thing.

You kind of figure out what you're doing as you go along.

I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.

Every gift you give, will multiply a hundred-fold.

Sacredness is spirituality.

The Holy Spirit is not in a hurry. Character is the produce of a lifetime.

In heaven we shall see that we had not one trial too many.

There are boys so enraptured by love that they can't get their hearts to slow down enough to get some rest, and other boys so damaged by love that they can't stop picking at their pain.

The process of discovering who we are and what we are here to do . . . is dependent . . . on our ability to stay positive and to find a silver lining in all events.

There's a lot of labor involved in the birth of a new town.

The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life's purpose: Ask God.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.