I never think I have success even when I have it, for better or for worse.

I kind of imagine myself at eighty, a cat lady.

Dreams, they're what sets us apart from being mere a brain and a body.

Like everybody I have many different sides.

Adults are just children sometimes. But evil, hurt children.

Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles.

My focus, my life, my world is now. You just can't plan the future.

What I get in rock 'n' roll that I don't get in movies is that connection with people. With music it's instantaneous, and just to watch people light up, it's really amazing. I love that connection.

Being beautiful can be a curse, especially if you want to be an artist and create.

The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid.

Rock'n'roll to me is a rebellion against the sterile pedestal culture of movies.

I don't know much about the world, but I do know one thing for sure. If I'm pessimistic, then the adults in this world who are not pessimistic are a bunch of idiots.

Kill a politician and you're tied to the motive that made you pull the trigger.

I am not a rodeo clown, like, "Everything is awesome!" I really worked hard on myself and things and struggled to get to a good place, to a better place.

I can't do everything, but that won't stop me from doing the little I can do.

This is worse than Hollywood, he thought. A girl comes in with a pork chop and I write a song for her.

I'm a big fan of reality shows. I thought the first one, Dukes of Hazzard, captured white people perfectly.

One remembers different persons differently, some by the impact they have made on our emotions, and others by the impression they leave in our minds.

The sport and game of angling is the true means and cause that brings a man into a merry spirit, which makes a flowering age and a long one.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming.