I guess we're all one phone call from our knees

The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told.

Trying to find a heart that's not walking away.

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way.

If you make people think they're thinking they'll like you, but if you make people actually think, then watch out, you're not going to be popular.

Life's too short to stay where we are.

I love creating moments that feel bigger than just like an artist on stage.

The songs that you start to write that you are a little scared of can be the ones that you have to tell.

As my uncle always says, 'If your vibe outweighs your substance, you're destined to be a novelty.' I think that is true in all art.

As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new and keep it exciting.

Don't apologize for all the tears you've cried, you've been way too strong now for all your life.

Once you believe that god is not a private property of anybody, you are on your way to becoming a new messiah. Maybe your own if not the world's

No craving void left aching in the soul.

Women are never again going to be mindless coffee-makers or mindless policy-makers in politics.

In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

My life as an actor has submerged me completely because I dont know why.

I'm a 50 year-old guy and I'm not in shape like I was when I was 30.

One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it

Never underestimate a man's ability to underestimate a woman.

Be content to be what you are; shiny stones and silver bangles only make you look what you really are.