A lot of the time it feels like… music is some sort of excuse to be a human. It’s kind of like people need that excuse to go and put their arms in the air and sing their hearts out.

Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free/to be more like the man you were made to be

I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster.

If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could've won.

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.

I spent quite a lot of time pissing off my friends because I could get girls with a British accent, despite the fact that I was tubby and, like, not very cool.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

I'd love to write a country album with Adele.

Every band I've come across has read more than I have.

I don't even call myself a Christian.

The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

I WANT TO BE WITH SOMEONE WHO DREAMS OF DOING EVERYTHING IN LIFEAND NOTHING ON RAINY SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.

She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important.

Any definition of a successful life must include service to others.

I took my son's name. I didn't take my husband's name.

Be proud to be out of your mind and out of control.

Don't misunderestimate me. . . .

I mean, I try to say the right things and give the right advice. But still, I'm only a person.

Norman, Okla. That's where my folks live, so it's home to me.

Probabilities direct the conduct of the wise man.

Whatever your path is, that's your path.