I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.

It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.

Try to keep your mind. Try not to eat bad, try not to wake up with too bad of a hangover.

I think I prefer singing in falsetto. I like the way it sounds. It doesn't sound like my natural voice. It sounds like a character.

I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines - of course, I do love a good story.

Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person.

I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun.

Everyone wants to be well-loved and appreciated but, at the same time, there are some people that just don't want to be your friend, and there's nothing you can do or say to change that.

Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes me think." I love that quote. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's true.

I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.

I think it's worthwhile to expand your comfort level and just do something awful. I wasn't trying to make music for money.

Writing isn’t a career choice. It’s self-medication that over time precipitates the madness it was meant to ward off.

There will come a point in everyone's life , however, where only intuition can make the leap ahead, without ever knowing precisely how. One can never know why but one must accept intuition as a fact.

This is what I signed up for. I’m not here going ‘Oh, they’re so mean to me, and it’s so hard for me.’ What I do for a living puts me in the spotlight. They pay me for it.

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.

To complain that man measures God by his own experience is a waste of time; man measures everything by his own experience; he has no other yardstick.

Help! The customer service representative doesn't understand my problem.

Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.

The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It's the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it - no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything.

Life reflects, life resounds, life echoes whatsoever you throw at life.

You've got to keep things simple. Just identify what you need to do to launch, figure out what resources you need, and surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you!