I love producing. I have been producing some acts and starting a label.

I may be a real bad boy, but baby I'm a real good man.

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background.

There ain't no troubles that we can't rise above, with a handful of faith and a heartful of love.

When you touch and change peoples lives with a song, that's when you've made it as an artist

When all is said and done, I'd never count the cost. It's worth all that's lost, just to see you smile.

Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade, but the memory of a first love never fades away.

Art's for art. Money's for pizza.

I don't know where I'd be without you here with me. Life with you makes perfect sense. You're my best friend.

I still got a few more dances with the devil...

Mindfulness can serve as an antidote to living a fragmental life riven with deleterious delusions and illusions.

Spending a few moments right when you wake up to inspire and motivate yourself can make all the difference in the rest of your day.

I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.

The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the court; failing this, within the borders of the neighborhood.

It is not stress that kills us. It is effective adaptation to stress that allows us to live.

Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person.

Receiving personal revelation is not a passive process. As we seek such revelations, we must prepare for these sacred experiences.

And you know there’s nothing like writing a song about someone who’s mean to you, and just makes your life miserable…and then winning a Grammy for it.

Tinsel in February, tinsel in August. There are things in a man besides his reason.

My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me.