I always joke around with my parents and say that if Hollywood doesn't work out I'll go to Broadway!

I'm a very message-oriented artist, and each song has a totally different meaning.

I know if I wasn't making music and acting, I would be involved in the performing arts world in some way. I would be either writing and making music for other artists or producing movies.

I absolutely love talking to all of my fans.

Im not the type of artist thats like, Lets go out and party and dance your life away! I think those artists are so cool, but I wanted meaning in my songs and they have messages.

All that grieved me - that I was half one thing and half another and nothing wholly - was the sorrow of my childhood, but the strength and use of my life after I grew up.

A nonreader is somebody standing there in a blindfold.

It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it.

I think the hardest part to get to is that point of asking for help or reaching out to other people and being honest with yourself.

When even the dictators of today appeal to reason, they mean that they possess the most tanks. They were rational enough to build them; others should be rational enough to yield to them.

When I'm onstage, I'm more in the audience in my head than I am on the stage.

Democracy can only be measured on the existence of an opposition

The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.

Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that's the sound of the men working on the chain gang.

If you would stand well with a great mind, leave him with a favorable impression of yourself; if with a little mind, leave him with a favorable impression of himself.