Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work.

I like songs that go to different places and then come back.

I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth between those two instruments to help me get inspired.

I like songs that have lots of different parts in them, an intro, an outro and a bridge.

I love to be a working actor, and I love to read scripts as they come in. If I find the script or character that is interesting, I want to transform myself into that character.

I know for myself how the fruits of the gospel of Jesus Christ can transform lives from the ordinary and dreary to the extraordinary and sublime.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

I have had to really grapple with the fact that, while I wish things could be different at times, I ultimately needed to experience the transformation that comes with pain and loss and sorrow.