I actually like taking a mic and plugging it into an amp and giving it to a kid to see what they do, 'cause they flip out. They're way more in touch with their voices than we give them credit for.

I don't really like ska.

As strange as it may sound, I think I'm a lot more at peace with the fact that you can't guarantee you're going to be all right [at] any time.

Believe me, man, there are people who are going to have way more troubles mentally than I am.

We have a few artists that seem to sell enough to pay back what it costs to make a record.

Anybody who's putting out records is probably not making money at it.

We all know people who have worse fates. What do I have to complain about for Christ's sake? I have a beautiful wife and kids, and all this music, kids are paying my bills.

I'm trusting everyone around me who seems to be confident and happy with what we're up to.

Most of the time when musicians get together, there's always that variance - always someone's a little ahead of the beat, someone's a little behind, you just hope it meshes.

I've got a real love-hate thing with the saxophone. I've got to be careful.

You know, some people think Shadowhunters are just myths. Like mummies and genies." Kyle grinned at Jace. "Can you grant wishes?" "That depends," he said. "Do you wish to be punched in the face?

Im not an American but I have always had the outsiders respect for the American people and the American way.

Even good girls have secrets, ones even their best friends must guess.

If you are going to develop beast technology, you want to start by having cage technology. You want to make the rules first, you know.

And, frankly, what happens out of Washington is, it creates a wind in my face, uncertainty over Obamacare, uncertainty over their tax policy, uncertainty over the regulatory policy.

In the end, like the Almighty Himself, we make everything in our image, for want of a more reliable model; our artifacts tell more about ourselves than our confessions.

The story line of my novel [The Kite Runner] is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined.

Have you ridden over anyone you shouldn't?

Regardless of how me or this man right here or anybody else in this business get, when we walk on an airplane in first-class looking like this, we're gonna get searched.

One of the biggest threats to success is success itself. When you get a little bit ahead, it's all too easy to become complacent and to quickly lose what you have gained.