I guess I'm happy that I'm getting the attention. Otherwise, I'd just be playing in a local bar in front of my family members, and I'm sure they'd get sick of that in no time

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.

I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm.

Sometimes the only way is jumping; hope you’re not afraid of heights.

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.

To leave this world a better person, and for me to not be the only one who knows it.

I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success

So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing

There's always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying.

I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal.

Up to 90% of all inventions of the world comes from the Protestant world

I used to be a mddle-of-the-road kid, but now with my freaky looks I'm definately an outsider. Hooray.

The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.

Drink never made a man better, but it has made many a man think he was better.

Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.

Black is real sensation, even if it is produced by entire absence of light. The sensation of black is distinctly different from the lack of all sensations.

Je cherche à comprendre.

If you think of music as a language, the space part is where you throw out all the syntax.

I feel like I've been shut in a closet, and he's on the other side, and he doesn't have the key to unlock the door.

For me, the glory of my first 25 years as a writer was I could put things off as long as I wanted.