I communicate with fans on Twitter. I enjoy the ability to impulsively write something and ship it out to the fans and fellow tweeters out there.

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

Songs are life in 80 words or less.

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

Love is still a simple act of faith, and a faithful heart is always worth the wait.

The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

Then come and as we lay, beside this sleepy glade, there I will sing to you my Longfellow serenade.

Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin', crunchy granola's neat.

I know from experience Dev, purposely breaking a man and leaving him with nothing left to live for can be a very dangerous thing.-Moe

Never forget that solitude is my lot ... I implore those who love me to love my soli

Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune.

The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.

Freedom is a small price to pay for survival.

Reformers who are always compromising, have not yet grasped the idea that truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can.

A democracy is ... accounted the meanest and worst of all forms of government.

I love the water; I love to swim.

If you fail, learn, and move on, you're growing.