I spent quite a lot of time pissing off my friends because I could get girls with a British accent, despite the fact that I was tubby and, like, not very cool.

A lot of the time it feels like… music is some sort of excuse to be a human. It’s kind of like people need that excuse to go and put their arms in the air and sing their hearts out.

Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free/to be more like the man you were made to be

I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster.

If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could've won.

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

I'd love to write a country album with Adele.

Every band I've come across has read more than I have.

I don't even call myself a Christian.

The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

... Once a penguin finds its perfect other penguin, they stay together pretty much forever.

I couldn't make a headphone look like a piece of medical equipment or a toy, as most headphones do.

Media bias is one thing. Rejection of reality is another

I'm quite a physical person and I gesticulate a lot, which can be a problem when you're in Hollywood and they do everything in a minimalist way.

Yes," replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, "but that was when I first knew her; for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance.

Yet the reality is that I'm a stage actor from the Midwest - probably the opposite of a shark agent.

My one main secret I did right after my pageants days, is I only wash my hair once a week. I tell everyone, 'You have to stop washing your hair so much!'

I know that's not something that people like to do - identify a favorite. But I do.

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

I read a lot of research notes about the countries I visit, and my mum and dad bought me a Kindle, but I'm still getting to grips with it. I prefer paper books.