I would tell people to enjoy the present moment and the journey rather than the outcome.

Sunshine always inspires me.

I'm itching to see Usher & Shakira work their magic. And of course, Blake is so amazing! It was tough, but I went on my gut which was Adam.

I am passionate about making music that feeds the soul and brings people together.

I absolutely love being on stage. I live and breathe the stage, and nothing makes me happier, but to perform.

I love performing live, especially when I get in the zone. But the studio is really becoming a place I have grown to love.

Fighting cancer is my mission right now. The research and development of finding cures for this nasty disease is my passion.

My creative process involves reading books and magazines, writing outside, and moving around a lot. I like to pace around when I'm writing songs.

It's always been my dream to be on the stage with my band, singing my music. That's always been, and always will be.

I don't feel like I ever really do get past the nervousness. I'm always nervous. Something about being nervous keeps you on the edge, and I've always felt like I worked better under pressure.

I've always been a perfectionist, so I always wanted to sound better than I did. But, that's a never-ending process. You always want to get better. There's always room to grow.

Only repentance can save us from spiritual death and lead us to eternal life, and only repentance lets us have a foretaste of this divine life here and now.

Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.

Whenever people say a coincidence in a novel is implausible, I think, Do I have a story for you.

I like televangelism shows. I find it entertaining sometimes to see how a young person would deliver the word versus a old person.

I would have given it up--all of it up--to be married to you for a day. A day that would never have come. You are a reminder--a reminder of everything I am losting. The Life I will not have.

Don't search for inspiration when you have a task to do; Just start your work and you will see that it will soon find you.

Revenge is for the weak so I have settled my vendettas with all of the kids who made my early life a living hell.

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

I’ve always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself.

I have committed the worst of sins one can commit... I have not been happy.