A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.

When we die, we will turn into songs, and we will hear each other and remember each other.

Our lives were just beginning, our favorite moment was right now, our favorite songs were unwritten.

There are all kinds of mix tapes. there is always a reason to make one.

One of Renee's friends asked her, "Does your boyfriend wear glasses?" She said, "No, he wears a Walkman.

I was totally clueless about social interaction, and completely scared of girls. All I knew was that music was going to make girls fall in love with me.

You know the Prince song where the girl's phone rings but she tells him, "whoever's calling couldn't be as cute as you?" I long to live out this moment in real life.

It was bewildering and humbling to keep discovering how many brave things people can fail to talk themselves out of doing.

I'd shut the whole world down just to tell you

And being a husband made me helpless, because I had somebody to protect (somebody a little high-strung, who had a tough time emotionally with things like the lights going out indefinitely).

The songs were all either fast or sad. Because all songs should be either fast or sad.

I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I have come to the edge, of the land. I could get pushed over.

This woman was consuming him, bit by bit. She was becoming the reason and the reward of his existence, and if he did not shield himself, everything he did not have to give would belong to her.

No, I don't go to that restaurant anymore. No body goes there. It's too crowded.

Intoxication is calculated to put heart into the elderly and give them delight in dancing.

I thought you were dead. Stupid. As if I'd die without taking you with me.

I don't think we'll understand Advent correctly until we see it as a preparation for a revolution.

Dare to ask, "Where is my novel too simple?"

I just had to find something else to fulfill me. Always being a singer and writing, it was a blessing. My brother started making music that was the kind of music I always saw myself singing.

When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring.

You need to be able to SHARE IDEAS, INSPIRE and MOTIVATE