I don't think it's a bad thing to share how you feel, especially if people can relate to it.

I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.

I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

When man manages his intellect and steadies his mind, He discovers the all-pervading Self.

Never allow impatience to rob you of what you truly deserved.

Well, Southerners like to eat well. You see, it's an event when it's done right.

Steal the hog and give the feet for alms.

I travel all over the country speaking to young people, and I am always amazed at how engaged in environmental conservation they are.

If you ask me, taking on risk and being more daring is a real important part of creativity.

You don't have to be peculiar to find God.

Christian minds have been conformed to the modern spirit: the spirit, that is, that spawns great thoughts of man and leaves room for only small thoughts of God.

Your security is not your job, or your bank account, or your investments, or your spouse or your parents. Your security is your ability to connect with the cosmic power that creates all things.

I don't have an ideal type; I'm more of a love-at-first-sight guy.