I don't really take myself very seriously.

Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your whole entire life, if you survive them.

The older I get, the more I embrace my own idiosyncrasies.

I ask a lot because I'm very curious - especially about ex-girlfriends. I'm pretty good at getting the answers, too.

I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.

I am an eternal optimist. Being happy is a choice. And you can make that choice every day, if you want to.

I'm a clean freak and a germaphobe - I have hand sanitizer in my pocket.

Sticking to your values, listening to your instincts, making your own choices is so important.

I did learn one great lesson from a past relationship, and that was to never talk about relationships in print again because I'd rather live my private life than read about it.

Cherish the good, learn from the bad

I'd love to be a man for a day, just to see what it's like.

Don’t try to change the world. To find yourself in a new world, change your thoughts.

the book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. once invented, it cannot be improved

Only the Army conducts an annual assessment, and they appear to do relatively little to analyze the problem, contributions to the problem, and potential solutions.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

Why can't love be a fairy tale?

At this point in my career, I can stand shoulder to shoulder with an actor my age who has chosen to do really awful things, and he will get a job over me.

The dust to which this flesh shall return, it is the ancient dreaming dust of God.

I am my best friend. Other friends may come and go, but I am always here for me.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I want to try it again and again, and a lot of times my fellow musicians have to hold me back and say, "Nah, I think we got it."

Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.