I'm learning as I go. The music has drawn me out of my shell. It's made me open my door a little more and be able to look at people in the eye.

I never really know what I'm playing. I just follow what sounds good in my head and keep going.

I realized the more I made the music for myself, the more successful I was becoming.

I think people want to put you in a box and close it away so that it makes them feel better. A lot of musicians get that.

I gave up that idea of trying to make music that I thought other people would want. I just made music for myself and music for people that I knew.

I stayed involved with music my whole life. I was always playing with other people.

I write everything. I have that control issue with my music. That's why I'm not in a band.

Someone asked me if I was a method actor - I loved that! I needed to know what it felt like to lose everything just to do the Bad Day video! I could really feel the angst!

I just did whatever it took to keep making music - I slept on couches. You would be amazed at how far $20 can go if you stretch it out.

I just did whatever it took to keep making music - slept on couches. You would be amazed at how far $20 can go if you stretch it out.

I was doing stuff that for me was sort of more about playing real music.

Experience God, don't raise a wall of dogmas between you and Him.

If you want to denounce impunity then you have to start with denouncing the impunity that the regime enjoys.

I listened to a lot of tapes of British theatre actresses and tried to learn from them. As Americans, we don't have such a gift with language.

My faith is certainly not as stable or constant as I’d like it to be. I’m a highly emotional person and sometimes allow my emotions to affect how I feel about God or how I trust him.

It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back

No community has ever yet passed beyond the initial phases in which its pugnacity and fanaticism enabled it to found a nation, and its cupidity to establish and develop a commercial civilization.

I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.

When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people.

Life is tough, but if you are stupid, it's a lot tougher.

I think theater will always be my first love. Ive been doing it since I was nine, and theres nothing quite like being on stage, having the immediate intake of energy and exchange of ideas.