Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.

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 world is terrible, " said Mark tonelessly. "And some are drawn down into it and drown there, and some rise above and carry others with them.

I don't hate being compared with female musicians. I don't mind that at all. I have no problem with seeing connections between women's work.

If one day I have to leave Barcelona, probably the first thing I will look into is Arsenal

I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

The key to a good life is finding things that you want to master.

Hope, and hopelessness, persist despite the facts.

If you love the work, it will love you back.

A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.

Unless you catch ideas on the wing and nail them down, you will soon cease to have any.