I loved filming in Morocco it was amazing. I'd never been anywhere like that. The culture was phenomenal. I was so blown away by the spirit of that country.

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.

Have fun, be yourself, enjoy life and stay positive.

There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape.

It's wild to be seen differently and have more visibility, but it's rewarding.

I love nerdy work. I love writing notes. I try to go back, as much as I can, to feed what happens and why they do what they do.

So much of how you look at yourself in the mirror reflects how you feel about yourself, and how you comport yourself.

I've learned a lot about the limits of what I can do, as an artist, or what I'm willing to do. It's a lot of responsibility to carry a show and to speak to people on different levels.

I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey.

I've worked on shows where the lead actor doesn't know their lines, doesn't care, and it affects everybody - the crew, the director, the other actors. It's definitely a responsibility.

I love people, watching people interact. It's a lot of psychology. We learn about ourselves by watching other people's lives on the screen.

I’m an idiot for thinking that one performance would change anything.Maybe I should stop writing songs and start writing fiction.

Where does destiny end and choice begin?

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.

Songs don't have to be about going out on Saturday night and having a good rink-up and driving home and crashing cars. A lot of what I've done is about alienation... about where you fit in society.

It's kind of hard to ask a dead guy what he did wrong.

I love Paris - it's one of my favorite cities - and so to shoot a video in Paris was a dream come true.

People who hate in concrete terms are dangerous. People who manage to hate only in abstracts are the ones worth having for your friends.

There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods today.

People want to feel effortless about their clothes. I don't always get it, I make a lot of mistakes, but that's my goal.

And never resist a perfect moment.