I feel like it is only music where people are like, "You can't do this for other people, you have to do it for yourself." Which I hate.

I have three brothers. Poor Mum; four boys.

When I come up with something that I feel like people will connect with that makes me happy because I know that it would be something that would just go beyond me.

I feel like so many people get into that place where creating for someone else is selling out and it is so not about that. It is a stupid, kind of pretentious way of thinking.

I feel like writing music is a great chance to create something that extends beyond yourself.

If we all knew how to make that jump from good to great then I think every song would be great.

Something like film, I guess there are so many elements to it, like the dialogue and what makes sense culturally.

There is a balance in between where you can still make art, but it does not have to be insular.

You don't make a film and then be like I am only going to play it in my house and no-one is going to see it - that is ridiculous.

I think my first song ever was when my cat died. It was this awful, dreadful black cat who was angry and hated everything. Yet I was so upset when it died.

It is one of those things that is universally connectable, people can connect to it from everywhere; music is like that universal language.

I won't be a substitute for what you cannot have. Especially not if it is my sister's shadow you mean to place me in.

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

I've said all along that God is in control.

I was handed a tough life lesson at a very early age.

I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.

Why can't the world be simpler, like it is for guinea pigs? They only have a few rules: Crying will get you attention. If it fits in your mouth, it's food. Scream if you don't get your share.

Make yourself an efficient spark plug, igniting the latent energy of those about you.

Whether you actually can or can't fight city hall is of little relevance. Either way, when the need arises, you must!

CBS's halftime show during the 2004 Super Bowl was a new low for television.

God, the best maker of all marriages, Combine your hearts into one.