Quotes about Identity

Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?

I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

They stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors.

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

We're the middle children of history.... no purpose or place. We have no Great War, no Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives.

I have my own little world, but it's okay - they know me here.

He's not a Republican, he's a Republican't.

I call myself 'Christ-leaning,' but that's primarily psychological.

Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to me.

Writing songs out of my faith was a real natural progression. I grew up singing in my dad's choir and singing with my family. Christian music became the music that I identified myself with and was a way that I expressed my faith. Even at a public school I would take my Christian music in and play it for my friends.

There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bused to school every day. That little girl was me.

I always felt like I had a punk album waiting to be made.