I love knowing that people are connecting to my lyrics, my music and me.

Bagel in the morning is the ultimate breakfast for me; they're just good.

I love Soundgarden, I love Rage Against the Machine, Simon & Garfunkel.

Doing charity work is always cool. It's always a good thing.

I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.

I overthink a lot of things.

Writing on the road is a passion of mine.

My music comes from my emotion, always.

I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.

I'm not the guy that thinks I'm a perfect singer.

I'm the first one to admit, I'm a pretty unorthodox guitar player.

It is only those who do not know who wander the paths. A blind eye and a stout heart create a true wanderer. Those who seek the paths do so in vain

I think writing is like ministry. You get this call and you run before accepting it. If you run right to it, there's a good chance you were not called.

Give the agent something easy to reject, something to justify his authority - that way they won't look too closely at the rest of your things.

A hateful act is the transference to others of the degradation we bear in ourselves.

Comedy has been crossing the country with remarkable speed way before the Internet, social media, even cable TV.

The people I work with have a very good impression of me for sure, because of how I am.

They were saying, 'Keep this under your hat, but Jack Sparrow's going to die in the second movie.' I went, 'You're kidding me. The fans are going to go berserk.'

[Donald Trump] said we're going to have a big door. He means lawful immigration will continue, but we're not going to allow the nation to be at risk in this fashion.

Simplification of modes of proof is not merely an indication of advance in our knowledge of a subject, but is also the surest guarantee of readiness for farther progress.

I think what's really hard is making sense and making what you write clear and smooth-flowing.