Creativity is simply the human brain forming new connections between ideas, and we all are engaged in this process every day. The common idea that there are some people who are creative and some who are not is a myth. On some level, we are all artists. We are all creators.
The noise around us determines how we speak. And how we listen. Just as a conversation suffers in a war zone, art suffers in a culture built on noise. So does our enjoyment of it.
Any religious, philosophical or political idea that doesn’t lead one towards love ought to be forsaken.
When I think of Spirit, I think of that mysterious force that pulls us into being, into becoming, into love. That can get political rather quickly.
Spend your energy on things you believe in, and do them honestly and to the best of your ability.
Money is not the root of all kinds of evil. The love of money is. It’s also the root of a lot of bad art.
Not just in Christian music but also in a lot of Christian culture there is a lot of pretending that everyone is perfect, nobody is really going through much.
Art, along with all work is the ordering of creation toward the intention of the creator.
To me, God is the basic Reality of the universe. God is what is. That’s how Moses wrote that God introduced Himself, isn’t it? “I am that I am.” God is. Whatever is, that is God.
We are all creators. Whether or not we create is not up to us. We are human, and creating is what we do. Every interaction, movement, and decision is creativity at work. We are all artists. We all order creation around us into the world that we want to make.
I’m not one to call out an individual and say “I don’t think that is honest.” Who am I to know what is in their heart while they are singing it?
The person who creates from the noise simply adds to the noise. The person who creates from a place of listening, however, can actually make something worthwhile and enjoy his work in the process.
Art is the body’s pronunciation of the soul.
Faith comes from listening to the right stories.
Pain is as common as skin, we all experience it. It unites us all. Fortunately, that’s not the whole story.
The more successful the work, the more people will step in to try to influence and manipulate the work for their own benefit.
The danger of art created to rise above the noise is that it may end up being noise itself.
There is a reason we used to build Cathedrals that drew the eye upwards.
I don’t want everybody to try to sound like something; I think that God has given us each unique talents and passions. The things that come out of me will be different than my neighbor, because I have a totally different set of relationships, totally different set influences and personality traits.
I think I’m just trying to be myself and write songs that are honest. That’s what I hear in artist’s that I like.