I grew up around some people whose parents toured a lot: tough on the marriage, tough on the kids.

You can get really good reads on your dreams if you think of every character in them as actually being you.

There are only two stories: either you go forward or you die.

Life is hard, you're tired, and there's disease. The strategy that works for children is to be delighted by the things that delight you.

People talk about songwriting or comedy as creative expression, but life is creative expression. Table-making, even nursing, is extraordinarily creative.

Good things never last, bad things never die.

One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can.

I am at a place in my life where the more like a cave I can make my surroundings, the happier I am.

I seem to get the best work when I'm angry and depressed and alienated.

It usually happens that I have multiple different projects going on at once, and one can be referencing the other.

A bands first albums usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still trying to be serious about it.

Everyone starts to think they are ‘Superman’ from the moment they know their bad time has turned into the best.

Everything is still everything.The Poem Remains.

Trust is built and maintained by many small actions over time.

Man proposes and God disposes.

There's only a handful of people I trust completely, and I know who they are. Other than that, I pretty much don't trust people.

The troops may whine and moan, but when they meet the standard, there's a sense of pride.

The hardest part is believing in yourself at the notebook stage. It is like believing in dreams in the morning.

I have become so great as I am because I have won men's hearts by gentleness and kindliness.

I love people. People are lovely creatures. I'm one myself, so I love to see people happy.

You won't find average Americans on the left or on the right. You'll find them at Kmart.