The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told..

I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time..

The songs that you start to write that you are a little scared of can be the ones that you have to tell..

My artistic goal was to write something that's one hundred percent real and true to me and to this world. I tried to touch on truths that really conn….

Life's too short to stay where we are..

Don't apologize for all the tears you've cried, you've been way too strong now for all your life..

I love being vulnerable. It's scary. I feel like the best stuff that I have ever written can come from real vulnerable places..

I love creating moments that feel bigger than just like an artist on stage..

If you make people think they're thinking they'll like you, but if you make people actually think, then watch out, you're not going to be popular..

Trying to find a heart that's not walking away..

Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses..

Well, I never made a record to be in the Christian market. So when I made my record it was to exist in all of the markets. I grew up not really liste….

As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new and keep it exciting..

There's a truth to the fact that it's hard to be real. It's easy to be indulgent. It's easy to be bubble gum, but it's hard to find a real thing that….

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way..

I think one of the things that I carry, and just my goals in life, is just encourage people and make them feel joy and celebrated and they leave feel….

Songs really tend to connect..

I am not an evangelist. I am not a preacher. I am a musician. That is what I know how to do. I know how to write songs. I know how to write things th….

When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out..

Just because you've written a song doesn't mean that you have pulled through. There are definitely songs where I embodied someone else's pain and tha….

I love creating. I am addicted to the drug of creation and creating things. I get a little depressed when I am struggling to find what I know is lock….