I make a living doing what I love doing, and it's what brings me joy.

Music is one of those things that make us feel a little less alone in the world.

As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.

Very often out of adversity that's when the best work comes.

I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.

We always thought we had to follow a certain theme but I don't agree with that anymore. I think the fans deserve a wider variety of music.

I didn't really care about sales figures. I just wanted to get things off my chest.

Do Tasmanian devils really exist?

I don't get mad too much.

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.

There's nothing I can do to erase the shadow of misery and despair from the eyes looking back at me from the photos [that I took in Afghanistan].

How much you are able to learn is determined by how much you are involved, how much you participate, and how many actions you take.

In life we must be willing to take risks, for that is the only way progress is attained.

Oh, God. Not again.”Not again? “Do you make a habit of driving into people’s houses?

The future is the worst thing about the present.

He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands on others.

Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability?

I've always been a huge fan of matching sets and vibrant prints.

Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.

Most of all I don't want to be bored. That's why I'd rather do something that has some sort of ambition, that risks failing, rather than make safer, more comfortable choices.