You know, I've taught philosophy for years and one argues in the hypothetical all the time.

If you can take my tax money and assure me that it'll go to the right purpose, that it will help the poor, then fine. But I'm not sure a lot of it does. In fact, I know a lot of it doesn't.

I've got a life, you know, take me in the totality of my actions and I'll tell you, I will stand with my record.

It's quite extraordinary to hear a supposedly learned person call the United States a leading terrorist nation, one of the leading terrorist nations in the world. It's false and very treacherous teaching.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

I feel genius in great works of art. I have seen medical cures that science can't explain, some seemingly triggered by faith. The same is true of millions of other people.

My goal is always to just do my best and hope that the people who find my music also find God in the process.

In our depths, I think we all feel very small in relation to the greater universe and God.