I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs.

May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground.

I kind of like being depressed.

There’s always some level of optimism in every single song.

It takes a lot to still believe in people.

Running in Central Park is my favorite thing to wake up and do. I have my own specific path that I have to run every single time. There's a little bit of OCD involved, but I love it.

I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations.

But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.

If I wasn't a musician I'd probably be like a meth addict.

I try and get about eight hours of sleep every single night. And I like to think that I drink more water than anyone, ever.

I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs.

When a president's popularity grows, the he is doing wrong things.

C.S. Lewis said that conscience is nothing more than the voice of God within our souls

There's just me and my wife and a dog and we feed him Healthy Choice also.

What you do matters — but not much. What you are matters tremendously.

Tides do what tides do – they turn.

Character is fate. (Destiny).

The way I look it is hard to look like a normal person. You know, in the streets when I was a kid, people always said I looked strange, and it made me feel unhappy.

People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.

Don't look back and ask, Why? Look ahead and ask, Why not?

It was a mixed bag pretty much all week. A lot of really, really good stuff out there, some mediocre and some bad.