I don’t even think of myself as a quote, unquote star - that’s really douchey. I think of myself as just like . . . a dance commander.

I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back.

I went through awkward, chubby, total weirdo phases.

I do have a stylist who helps me shop, because I don't have time to shop.

When you're around me, you're going to get glitter on you.

You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool.

I embrace the imperfections and celebrate them.

Every weird thing about you is beautiful and makes life interesting.

Go insane go insane, throw some glitter, make it rain...!

My favorite wild animal is a narwhal - the unicorn of the sea. It’s a whale with a tooth that sticks out of its head that’s almost two-thirds the length of its entire body.

You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it.

Stupid crowds are the greatest wealth of the crook politicians!

If we are intended for great ends we are called to great hazards.

I warm naturally to the drummer whose ideas and approach are strong, even if he doesn't quite have the ability to carry them out.

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

Every fact and every work exercises a fresh persuasion over every age and every new species of man. History always enunciates new truths.

See that your children be taught, not only the labors of the earth, but the loveliness of it.

I think all musicians should understand that you have chosen not to be a soldier but a musician.

I am a big fan of Dos Passos' stylistic ability, his poetic approach to prose, but the ideas presented in the songs are quite different from those which he exemplified.

Accidents are just from where you're looking; to the ego, it looks like it's miracles and accidents.

When you're five and you hurt, you make a big noise in the world. At ten you whimper. But by the time you make fifteen you begin to eat the poisoned apples that grow on your own inner tree of pain.