Interview Quotes

Here are some of the most significant quotes from the interview:

The Human Condition and Artistic Creation

"I'm just fascinated by the human condition of making music and art."

— SPEAKER_00 • 00:00:02

"You hit it on the head with the human condition in creating art."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:00:05

Navigating Health and Exhaustion

"I was really tired emotionally, physically, and I was sick, and I didn't realize I was sick, so I had like Epstein-Barr, which is like, it's called Mono, and then I have Lyme disease."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:48:10

"I knew instinctively that something was going on with your physical state."

— SPEAKER_00 • 02:11:22

The Transformative Power of Love and Marriage

"It's been a big reason why I'm coming back and I'm successful at this. I think she is definitely the reason. There'd be no story without her."

— SPEAKER_01 • 03:35:20

"She's the person that I'm learning to, you know, love unconditionally, start a family with."

— SPEAKER_01 • 03:55:11

Finding Faith and Redefining Belief

"I think it was my perception of who Jesus really was. You know, I had really bad examples of Christians in my life who would say one thing and do another."

— SPEAKER_01 • 07:16:05

"It's like, I had faith about like, oh, I believe Jesus died on the cross for me, but I never really implemented it into my life. I never like, was like, I'm going to be obedient."

— SPEAKER_01 • 06:48:03

"I'm not trying to earn God's love by doing good things. God has already loved me for who I am before I did anything to earn and deserve it."

— SPEAKER_01 • 09:06:14

Confronting Past Struggles and Self-Destruction

"Do you feel that you were self-destructing? Oh, for sure. Yeah. I would have, for sure. 100%."

— SPEAKER_01 • 10:40:11

"It was dark, really dark. So I'm very, very grateful to have influences in my life that have played a huge part in me, seeing their relationship with Jesus and their relationship with their wives."

— SPEAKER_01 • 11:04:17

The Impact of Early Success and Public Scrutiny

"I mean, just think about how young I was and so impressionable. And you have everybody telling me how good, how awesome I am at all times."

— SPEAKER_01 • 15:55:08

"It's like taking a kid and putting a kid in a room with a picnic table full of nothing but sweets. Right."

— SPEAKER_00 • 16:13:10

"I want people to kind of understand the psychology behind why I could have, I potentially could have, you know, problems in my life."

— SPEAKER_01 • 17:03:14

Leadership and Creating a Positive Environment

"To be a leader. Exactly. To be a leader."

— SPEAKER_01 • 25:40:06

"I think creating an atmosphere where everybody feels heard, valued, respected, and that their goals are, you know, obviously is matching with my goals."

— SPEAKER_01 • 25:55:18

Understanding Love and Human Nature

"What is love? I mean, love is patient. Love is kind. Love doesn't envy. Love doesn't boast."

— SPEAKER_01 • 27:21:13

"I just feel like at the core, I fight every day temptation and things that, you know, are instinctive to do."

— SPEAKER_01 • 29:04:08

"And, uh, I've gotten the opportunity, um, with my journey to just see a God who's accepts me, loves me."

— SPEAKER_01 • 30:04:19

Looking Towards the Future and Family

"I'm excited to get, uh, to have babies with you."

— SPEAKER_01 • 31:38:07

"I want to start my own family, uh, in due time. I just, uh, I want to enjoy being married for a little bit."

— SPEAKER_01 • 32:15:00