A true measure of success is just to work hard and get my music out there and just be myself and be real.

I tend to not try and listen to a lot of other artists while I'm writing, because if I hear something that's brilliant.

I want to play a show at Madison Square Garden in New York, which is where the New York Knicks play. That's what I want.

I'd say Ernest Hemingway would be a blast to get drunk with.

Hold your head high heavy heart.

I'm a goof. I talk too much. I tell stories. I tell cheesy Dad jokes. I'm theatrical and I'll mix things up and I'll surprise people. Those are the things that I just do because that's who I am.

I'm not bashing people who write songs that are just 'get on the dance floor and party party', I understand why people need those songs too, but I don't really write lyrics like that.

I write songs so that people can make them into what it means to them as well.

Johnny Depp and I think Woody Allen would be fun to hang out with.

I'm not avoiding specifics, but I've always written songs from more of a global standpoint.

Prose poetry is not set to a melody or music so there's something freeing about it.

advertising is the price you pay for having unremarkable product or service

You amaze me and its hard for me to turn away and make it not so obvious that I'm looking at you.

He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people who cannot defend themselves.

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.

The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.

You scared me for a minute there. I thought Newton was dragging your dead body off to bury it in the woods.

Over the last few hours I've allowed myself to feel defeated, and just like she said if you allow yourself to feel the way you really feel, maybe you won't be afraid of that feeling anymore.

Plans get you into things, but you got to work your way out.