I don't really write for an album. I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me. It's all a complete accident.

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

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.

Find the joy and peace in and around you. It is a choice not a condition or destination.

If I can't have your babies, I'll damn sure deliver them!

An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.

It would be an exaggeration to say I’m not afraid of death, but I’m not afraid of what comes after, because I’m not a believer.

One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.

Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.

Why is it that the U.S. has to take refugees? Why doesn't Saudi Arabia take more.

Personal stories are the emotional glue that connects your audience to your message.

Every moment spent in negativity is paid for with something truly priceless. That something is life.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.