Doing charity work is always cool. It's always a good thing.

Bagel in the morning is the ultimate breakfast for me; they're just good.

I love Soundgarden, I love Rage Against the Machine, Simon & Garfunkel.

I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.

I overthink a lot of things.

Writing on the road is a passion of mine.

My music comes from my emotion, always.

I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.

I'm not the guy that thinks I'm a perfect singer.

I'm the first one to admit, I'm a pretty unorthodox guitar player.

Melodies are important. I always kind of pride myself on my melodies.

Those who do not know the danger of wielding power will, before long, be ruled by it.

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise.

Climate change involves behaviors that are individually negligible, whose impacts go far beyond the spatial and temporal constraints that define our sense of community.

Faith is only as good as the object in which it is placed.

The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.

...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.

What sort of God would it be, who only pushed from without.

In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.

Our condition as men is risky and ticklish enough. One can not be sure of himself and his fortune an hour, but he may be whisked off into some pitiable or ridiculous plight.