I'm reaching out my hand. I hope you are too. I just want to be in the dark with you.

Life is a thump ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess.

I don't think people hear my songs and think, "Well this is a way to make a bunch of money."

I don't need to read the news. I see it on the faces of everyone I meet.

I think the Internet has real potential for building community. People all around the world talking to each other can't be a bad thing.

If the wind and rain could play guitar, they would sound a lot like Doc Watson

My job as a songwriter is to write good songs.

I don't think that good politics ever excuse a bad song.

It's impossible for me to think of music as a contest. All of the awards ceremonies, I mean I'm sure they're fun for people, but they have no meaning to me.

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially.

Is it reasonable to assume that the jarring nature of a particular consequence might be the very thing that strong-arms us away from making the poor choice that we didn't see as a poor choice?

The only real education comes from what goes counter to you.

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.

I can't promise we'll ever use you for a hasty getaway," Cole said, "but with a little work, you might be able to race my grandmother-while she's on her scooter.

Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions

Life presents us with repeated opportunities to face what we fear, what we need to become conscious of, or what we need to master.

The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.

Out of everyone at Manchester United, I would pick out Scholes, he is the best midfielder of his generation. I would had loved to play alongside him.

We've both been married before and our previous experiences made us fearful of commitment.