I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.

Bagel in the morning is the ultimate breakfast for me; they're just good.

I love Soundgarden, I love Rage Against the Machine, Simon & Garfunkel.

Doing charity work is always cool. It's always a good thing.

I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.

I overthink a lot of things.

Writing on the road is a passion of mine.

My music comes from my emotion, always.

I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.

I'm not the guy that thinks I'm a perfect singer.

I'm the first one to admit, I'm a pretty unorthodox guitar player.

When the passion isn't there, the drive isn't there and it just doesn't last for me.

We hope relevant countries will work together in the same direction to build the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and co-operation.

You can't see anything properly while your eyes are blurred with tears.

I don't want to be Oprah [Winfrey], I'm not trying to be Barbara Walters, but we can all do better.

...By allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or in this case, an architectural... fancy machine.

We do not live by justice, but by grace.

There was a perfection to the moment that made Sienna think: Yes, this is it. This is who we're meant to be together.

The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.

We live in stories. What we are is stories. We do things because of what is called character, and our character is formed by the stories we learn to live in.