I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid 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.

It's supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button.

Only you can know what's true for you. I'll help you get there.

Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That's the fun of them. You're always learning.

Like they say, you can learn more from a guide in one day than you can in three months fishing alone.

I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.

If you want to be a true revolutionist, you must first quit chewing gum, because revolution requires high seriousness!

Being able to play a role where you're there almost every day and you're just in it... I remember it was a whirlwind, but it was a lot of fun.

We fall in love with one version of someone and we expect them to stay that way, but they never do.

Excess is excrement, ... Excrement retained in the body is a poison.