I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.

A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life.

Our imagination it is our greatest ally . . . Imagination is a very, very powerful thing. It literally invents the path before you.

The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the rest. People are so locked into not being present.

If you don't mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and there's no poetry in that.

Well, everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking.

I choose to believe that there is good in people and that everything is a lesson. Our place on Earth is to go deeper, to somehow get wiser. To have spirit.

Our imagination just needs space. It's all it needs, that moment where you just sort of stare into the distance where your brain gets to sort of somehow rise up.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

Do I create conflicts for myself? Sure I do.

I won't say I've closed the door on acting.

Although there are several 'schools of thought' relating to why God allows mental, emotional, and physical afflictions, it essentially remains a mystery"~ R. Alan Woods [2012]

Freud was not entirely honest with himself when he said, “Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise".

Everybody's got a story that could break your heart.

Bucky Katt: A bad writer is just a good writer with writer's block.

There's a built-up tension in religion, and if you can release it, you'll get a huge and satisfying laugh.

There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.

I like to really respect the audience and let them come through on answers.

The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.

It's easy to be miserable. Being happy is tougher - and cooler.

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.