"As soon as the music comes on I can’t control myself. It's like hardcore takes over my body and I lose my mind. It helped me get through super shitty home life. It's almost like what a church should be. you're actually family. You actually belong here because you love hardcore music there’s a brotherhood. You have my back and I have yours. There is a confidence and real community in hardcore music."
"Dance is freedom. It's who God designed me to be. It doesn’t matter what move I do I'm free. It has to be simple. Dancing is worship, and worship should be so simple and freeing."
"We are called to people. We are called to impact people. and we can only do that when we live out the thing that drives us."
"people take themselves so seriously. They lose their childlikeness and somehow lose part of who we are."
God's most glorified in you when you are fully you. and that is freeing because you don't have to be anyone else. it's easy to like what you like, joke how you like to joke."
"I like making things beautiful again. and if i find a really ugly piece or if it is just crazy I really like to wear it or combine it with something that makes it beautiful again."
"Traveling gives good vibes"
"I went cause I knew I was supposed to go, but I was terrified…”
“Always be in the moment and not whats to come or whats to happen but to be in the moment and to engage in that”
"if in life you can choose to be anything, always choose yourself. Don’t compromise stay true to yourself. Your story speaks a lot don’t hold out on your story. You can have any message but your story should always be your main message"
"Have a circle of 2-3 people whose opinion matters more than anyone and make sure they are people willing to be very very honest with you."
"Read scripture out loud so that your ears are hearing it. Because faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God and pray in tongues as much as you can cause you don't know what you need sometimes but the spirit does, that's what saved my life in South Sudan”
"I don’t mind waiting"
"Learn to love the word of God and memorize it. Familiarize your self with it so much that when you get bumped in life that's what comes out."
“For me, when I know life is meaningful is when I am at peace, and I know I am at peace when I feel comfort. Not the type of comfort a box of mac and cheese gives me, but the kind of comfort that says I can be here forever. Even if being here means I’m in the worst pain of my life or the deepest darkest anxiety I've ever experienced. Not that peace and comfort means all my problems go away but all my problems are here and so am I.”
“Tattoos, for me, are symbols. Every tattoo that I have represents a season in my life. All of these, when I look at them, remind me of something I need to be reminded of. It keeps me accountable.”
“To me, music is one of the best ways to capture emotion. It’s an outlet.”
"I love fashion. It gives people the chance to express how they feel. You can be associated through the outfit but it also makes you unique."
"I collect people, so there is probably a million people to collect and what if you miss one cause you quit”
