My faith plays a big part in who I am: a Christian guy playing pop-rock music. I'm in a pop-rock band, not a Christian band.
Being an outspoken Christian in the music industry means always feeling out of place. It's like whatever you have accomplished is less credible because of your faith.
When we first started, I didn't know there was Christian rock or Christian music. I just thought we were a rock band that stuck to our convictions... Like every other hardcore band out there sang or screamed what they thought, we did the same thing.
Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No.
I don't make Christian rap, but I am a Christian rapper.
So, Shane & Shane are my favorite Christian artists out there.
It's no secret that anybody who knows the music business knows that the numbers are substantially different in Christian music than they are in country music.
I feel that Christian music is a subculture directed towards the Christians. It's not really being exposed to non-Christians and it's not really created for non-Christians, so non-Christians almost never hear any of this music.
