I'm much more drawn to fiction, to short stories, and to plays, than I am to diarists.

Every morning I wake up with a purpose and a smirk

You're using your headphones to drown out your mind

I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I don't care so much that I won't do whatever the hell I want. It's just one of those things.

I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved

The piano is not firewood -- yet.

So break me to small parts, let go in small doses, but spare some for spare parts.

I've got a perfect body, 'cause my eyelashes catch my sweat

Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light.

I don't really make records chronologically.

Love what you have and you'll have more love.

You could call her perilous because she was so strong in herself.

Our faith institutions have the best product that God can offer

Every man in the world is better than some one else. And not as good as some one else.

I look at the human life like an experiment. Every new moment, every new experience, tragic or otherwise, is an opportunity to gain a more accurate perspective and helps lead me to clarity.

People who take photographs during their whole vacation won't remember their vacation. They'll only remember what photographs they took.

There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.

But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

I think the theater work and the on-camera work feed off each other. My theater work has become more simple, and my on-camera work has become more energized or more spontaneous.

Dance is an art, so day by day, it's growing and there are new things that can be done.

I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.