I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.

It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.

Try to keep your mind. Try not to eat bad, try not to wake up with too bad of a hangover.

I think I prefer singing in falsetto. I like the way it sounds. It doesn't sound like my natural voice. It sounds like a character.

I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines - of course, I do love a good story.

Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person.

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.

I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun.

Everyone wants to be well-loved and appreciated but, at the same time, there are some people that just don't want to be your friend, and there's nothing you can do or say to change that.

Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes me think." I love that quote. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's true.

I think it's worthwhile to expand your comfort level and just do something awful. I wasn't trying to make music for money.

Knowing you, I understood myself.

Tonight Must Last Us Forever

It's just that the chaos has changed shape. The giraffe and the bear have traded hats, and the bear's switched scarves with the zebra.

The trustworthiness of servants is the basis of the entire Indian economy.

Whoever gulps down wine as a horse gulps down water is called a Scythian.

It's a strange phenomenon how this piece of wood, wheels and a turning system has made so many people so happy

Is there some thought being given to subsidizing the clearing of rainforests in order for some countries to eliminate that production of greenhouse gases?

Who that man in the black Sedan With two cheap hookers and a Mexican Pumpin' white lines, sippin' warm Coors Light Mickey Avalon, call me Mr. Right

First thing I do when I get up is journal, meditate, read.

Thankfulness grows best in the seed-bed of conviction, just as some plants must be placed in the soil in the winter if they are to flower in the summer.