Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.

Try to keep your mind. Try not to eat bad, try not to wake up with too bad of a hangover.

I think I prefer singing in falsetto. I like the way it sounds. It doesn't sound like my natural voice. It sounds like a character.

I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines - of course, I do love a good story.

Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person.

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.

I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun.

Everyone wants to be well-loved and appreciated but, at the same time, there are some people that just don't want to be your friend, and there's nothing you can do or say to change that.

Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes me think." I love that quote. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's true.

I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.

The power of positive thoughts is the key to receiving wonders and miraculous blessings.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

I actually have a stash of wigs for Halloween. But only for that. Not to play dress-up.

The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.

But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless can be justly charged with violating the rights of America.

Very small investments can release the infinite potential that lies in all of us.

I like bringing smiles to people's faces.

Non-co-operation means refusal both to help the sinner in his sin and not to accept any help or gift from him till he has repented.

I am a figure skater, which helps me appreciate Newton's theory of mechanics.

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own.