A lot of people say I wouldn't have a down day, but you look at the music and there's real melancholy.

That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms.

You make kingdoms and castles on your own.

Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. Everything else is just bullshit.

I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.

When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state

My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or things I've lost, or things I'll never have.

I have my share of insecurities, hopes and fears. My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

I don't think DIY is something that necessarily comes to mind when people hear Third Eye Blind, but that is completely how we've been from the beginning.

Luxury and Ostentation usually make me feel antsy, like I'm going to get a case of gout.

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

What are you worried about, Burke?""You, me, fall, friends, college, life. Nothing big.

There should be as much difference between the worldling and the Christian, as between hell and heaven, between destruction and eternal life.

It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted

Memories are not just about the past. They determine our future.

They're just memories now. Time to write them off.

There are no tough guys in wrestling.

It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.

As we follow that Man of Galilee-even the Lord Jesus Christ-our personal influence will be felt for good wherever we are, whatever our callings.