I don't consider myself a skilled enough instrumentalist to be able to create the atmosphere that I want with just my guitar by myself.

Though the inspiration for my songs almost always comes from things that are happening around me, I am definitely not always the protagonist in the songs.

I think I'm a lot happier than people might think from listening to my songs.

Just because I write in the first person doesn't mean that all my songs are autobiographical.

I feel like the songs that I write are best when they are performed by an ensemble, rather than by one solo instrument.

Every single record I make is an act of faith in a sense, and somewhere I also have faith that the people who need to hear my music somehow will.

I am very, very grateful to have the best and most supportive fans ever.

One soul, the Saviour, changes the course of history.

Bias rules our minds and causes us to overlook the obvious. From 'Fillossofee: Messages From a Grandfather', by Robert Gately

The truth is tucked inside of me, it is what I want the world to see. But do youy see it in me, oh just let it all be. I am happy being me.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

You've been thinking and I've been drinking.

We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar.

I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts.

Saints have to be tough as well as tender because saints are like Christ, and Christ was the toughest and the tenderest man who ever lived.

I'm happy that people have loved my film and my work. I have always let my work do the talking, and I guess I have proved to my critics that I'm not over.