Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else.

You will never have the answers, but you have to keep pushing yourself and keep reading and keep working on yourself.

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. Thats it.

I guess I would call my music blues punk. Theres a lot of influences.

Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination.

Ive been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

I dont think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

I hope that I can make music that helps people in some way or that they can connect with, and that I can just live a life where I'm surrounded by people that I love.

You have to have some kind of clarity or understanding of what's happening to write.

Life is short, so I am one of those people - and luckily my girlfriend is too - who wants to live everywhere. I don't know how long I'll be there, but I like it right now.

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception.

The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.

Men are the dreams of a shadow.

People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it's because you're sweating to death.

I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.

When a company is fairly certain of a profit margin that is substantial, it can assume responsibility for the clinical trials to develop a blockbuster drug.

We all think we're liberated when we have more of everything, don't we? That's what the media tell us.

Life is full of a thousand red herrings, and it takes the history of a civilisation to work out which are the red herrings and which aren't.

Sometimes we are saddened by the weight of our sins. May we not be discouraged. Christ has come to lift this burden and give us peace.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.