Dreams can change histories and songs can alter destinies.

Did you really want to die?" "No one commits suicide because they want to die." "Then why do they do it?" "Because they want to stop the pain.

Don't waste your time with fear.. Fear won't keep you safe from being hurt.

And no matter what anybody says about grief and about time healing all wounds, the truth is, there are certain sorrows that never fade away until the heart stops beating and the last breath is taken.

No one commits suicide because they want to die.

Anything less than mad, passionate, extraordinary love is a waste of time. There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with and love shouldn't be one of them.

Just knowing you exist changed the world for me.

Has the industry done to music what McDonald’s has done to eating?

I'm afraid of everything. Fear of being alone, fear of being hurt, fear of being made a fool of, fear of failure... Still, I think all my fears bleed from one big one.

... there’s also nothing noble about being fearless. How much do you wanna bet the last man standing in a battle is usually the biggest fool of all?” - Paul Hudson

In his eyes I saw all the other possibilities. The dream-world possibilities. The fairytale possibilities. The seemingly impossible possibilities.

I love Mexican food, and there's a really good restaurant called El Parador that I love.

Life had a different shape; it had new branches and some of the old branches were dead.

I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for.

One in four kids in the U.S. faces hunger.

All we can ever do in the way of good to people is to encourage them to do good to themselves.

I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind.

Friends, I'm angry about what's happening in politics today! Why is it wrong to ask the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations to pay their fair share?

I put the pistol by my head, and say a prayer. I see visions of me dead, Lord are you there?

You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.

I've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.