I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing.

Sometimes my hands they don’t feel like my own; I need someone to love, I need someone to hold.

I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.

I like what I like, I don't like what I don't like, and I'm very bad at toning myself down.

I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.

You get one chance to make an impression and coasting through is a disservice.

I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school.

I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work.

I want to talk about things that are tangible and real to me, but I also want to do them in a way that's poetic and artistic.

With music, it feels natural that, in my head, I can pull things apart and then put them back together very quickly.

I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.

Forgive other people before you ask for forgiveness… As you forgive, you will be forgiven.

The essence of life change when we admire our teachers kindneess.

The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.

The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration.

I've discovered new parts of my manhood, places I couldn't get to without loving someone else unconditionally and putting others before myself.

I'm looking for trouble. A lot of people get to be a certain age and they just kind of lose interest or they give up. But I'm looking for trouble.

Obama is for the 300 million souls of the United States what Andreas Lubitz was for the 150 souls of the Germanwings flight.

I find intelligence sexy. I find a sense of humor sexy. I find sensitivity sexy.

I think there's a core of real anger or misery inside every true stand-up comic.

In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise.