I don't write music for critics or hipsters. I write for me.

It's better to have a pocket full of regrets than to never have lived.

Whenever I get upset, I remember that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to stick up your middle finger.

If Life hands you a lemon, throw it at someone

Scars are souvenirs you never lose, the past is never far, did you lose yourself somewhere out there, did you get to be a star, and don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who you are?

I just want you to know who I am.

People who have nothing to say, speak the loudest.

It's such a thrill to perform live. You never know if you're going to get hit with a bottle or a bra.

There are a lot of reasons to be hated in pop culture, and being a straight white male is one of them. In fact, I almost hate me

If you find yourself perplexed, or perhaps in a quandary, remember that human growth is perpendicular. We grow up and we grow forward, we just have to keep on growing steadily in both ways.

You grew up way too fast and now there's nothing to believe; and re-runs all become our history.

Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together.

Back down a country road the girls are always hot and the beer is ice cold.

Opinions need a willing ear.

Ideal legislators do not vote their interests.

Good health is the most important thing. More than success. More than money. More than power.

There are judges who stretch the law... to suit reactionary attitudes.

Pity is a benign form of abuse.

Normally I'm not like a big TV person. I never use my DVR.

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Will someone please explain to me the logic that says we can trust someone with a Boeing 747 in bad weather, but not with a Glock 9mm?