My first writing job was with a company called TheatreworksUSA.

The things that I have done that haven't been as successful have been things that have been largely out of the public view, which is great. It's terrible, when you're a theater writer, to have a big flop publicly.

I try to turn off the TV and play with my kids as much as I can, and I always hope they're having as good a time as Mormon kids.

Our kids come first, and we really put them at the top of our priority list.

Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work.

I started writing music in a season of my life where people were telling me I wasn't defined by mistakes, and God really loved me and was fighting for me, and there was a journey to be had with that. And I don't know of a more important message.

I have devoted my life to uncertainty. Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity.

Music is an art that goes well beyond science. Proof can be found in the huge amount of studies that have been carried out throughout the world based on music-therapy and the important results achieved.