I see pictures in my mind and become the character in the song as I'm writing. It's kind of method songwriting, where you're the actor in the song.

I'm not like normal people. I'm no good at relationships. I draw drama to me - it's the Jew in me.

Here in my heart, that is where you will be; you will be with me, here in my heart. No distance can keep us apart, long as you are here in my heart.

I have a good imagination. Look, I know what it feels like to have a broken heart. I know what it feels like to feel something for somebody. I'm just too weird to be in a relationship.

I'm somebody who finds adversity is almost as good as encouragement. It's almost like, you close the door, and I'll find ten ways to kick it in and go around it or dig under it or something.

I know what it's like to have a broken heart. I know what it's like to feel pain: When my songs don't become hits, it breaks my heart. There are a million ways to break a heart. I can relate.

A lot of people give up, but you cant stop me. If you close the door, Ill just jump out the window.

What makes a great song - you dont put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something.

One of the benefits of success with new songs is that some of the other songs will get a chance to see the light of day whereas they wouldn't have before.

I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of my dear friend Ronni Chasen. I have had the honor of working with her for over 15 years. She was one of a kind. I loved her. I miss her.

If you asked me to I'd let you in my life forever. from If You Asked Me To

I can't believe that out of 100 000 sperm you were the quickest.

Trends in fashion, design and pop culture are taking on more global influence, and of course, one thing that's always in style is color.

The crisis of our time is essentially a religious crisis. It is a matter of life or death.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Baseball is a game-I just go out there and enjoy it.

The world must not only be interpreted, it must be transformed. Man ceases to be the slave and tool of his environment and converts himself into the architect of his own destiny.

Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.

Sometimes, we are afraid of something because we're afraid of something else.

Unfortunately, the heart played its own tune, and it was deaf to what the head tried to tell it.’ – Abigail

Projects get sent to you, and you read them, and there's something for you there. There's something to be done.