Loving someone is waking up a little bit earlier than they do so you can pray for their day.

One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.

If the Cross is God’s masterpiece of His love, then the Eucharist is the centerpiece of our worship.

I am careful not to look anyone in the face because I don't want them to see the shame in my eyes, and I also don't want to see the laughter in theirs.

The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions.

People should be free to take whatever they want from music and I think that over time I realized that different people always find different things in my songs, which is really good.

The idea of trying to create things that last-forever knowledge-has guided my work for a long time now.

That Newt Gingrich or any mainstream Republican has the nerve to look down from what they perceive as their moral mountaintop at anyone is laughable.

I still get recognized. It's flattering, but it can be uncomfortable. Maybe because it only seems to happen when I'm looking and feeling crappy.

My mother was very protective of her four boys.

The art market does represent a sort of hyper-capitalism: it produces added value without any actual work being done.