Da used to say that lies were easy, but trust was hard. Trust is like faith: it can turn people into believers, but every time it's lost, trust becomes harder and harder to win back.

He leans in, resting his weathered hand on the bed. "Treat all the bad things like dreams, Kenzie. That way, no matter how scary or dark they get, you just have to survive until you wake up.

Doubt is like a current you have to swim against, one that saps your strength.

But the fact is, dreams catch us with our armor off.

What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything.

I don't want to be the cliche American Idol dude. I want to be different, you know - that's the whole goal, me and music. It's about being yourself and being unique.

We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.

Abroad, they have covered pretty much all subjects, explored every possibility, every twist. So similarities between ideas you have and those filmed abroad are quite possible.

The best songs are the songs you write that you don't know anything about. They're an escape.

scapegoat, n. I think our top two are: 1. Not enough coffee. 2. Too much coffee.

The whole can be greater than the sum of it's parts, that we all have something to put in the pie to make it better, and that the collaborative interaction works.

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

I do not believe there is anything useful which men can know with exactitude that they cannot know by arithmetic and algebra.

I don't want my personal life to change. I don't understand why people strive for fame. I know it's ironic for me to be saying this, but this will be the last one I do.