I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.

I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.

I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.

If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life.

You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song.

Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

I believe that music is God's voice.

The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they are saying. It's a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.

Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.

The good which every man, who follows after virtue, desires for himself he will also desire for other men...

I realized that the longing for art, like the longing for love, is a malady that blinds us, and makes us forget the things we already know, obscuring reality.

See the beauty in the hearts of people and help them to discover it.

She was destroyed many years ago, La Belle, on the cobblestones of the alley beside the opera house ...

There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.

Don’t be discouraged by the size of your network – inspire one person and you are doing good.

Short form media is reductionist by nature.

The film The Last Temptation of Christ, no matter what its defenders say, was a slap in the face to Christians everywhere.

The urbanized life has lead to the destruction of the legends.

When I was little, my mom told me that if I lied, the devil would visit me in my sleep. To this day, if I tell even the smallest lie, I have bad dreams. Plus, I'm no good at it.