I've been surfing almost as long as I've been playing music.

I have a really grounded group of friends, and they like me no matter what. I think it's really important to know who your real friends are.

You've got to pursue your dreams and it will get you to places that you can't even imagine.

Make sure with the time that you have, you really make an impact on people.

I got started at a really young age. I was about two years old when I started playing the piano and around seven or eight when I started writing my own chords and putting words together.

The best part was seeing fans and making new ones. I loved going to new places. I really had the time of my life out there.

I think artists like Justin Bieber really opened up a door for younger artists to be respected in the industry. I really like what he did.

I think my music is a lot different than what is already out there and people will be really attracted to it.

It was really cool being out on the road and doing school with my tutor over Skype or on the phone, but it can definitely be difficult.

My education is the most important thing so I always have to make time for it.

Women were the reason I became a monk - and, ah, the reason I switched back.

There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a dance so wild that nothing can roost there, that stirs the yearning for solitary voyage.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

When I'm in my neighborhood, I don't see anything anymore, because I'm so used to it. When I go somewhere else, suddenly, I'm alive. I'm on alert, and I can be fresh.

Now is a time where social media allows people to be heard on a different level. Everyone is using their voice.

I make a wicked clam chowdah, and linguine with clam sauce. Oysters I like to eat raw, and mussels in either a white wine sauce or in beer with paprika.

In Washington, a man gets up to speak and doesn't say a thing, and the other men disagree with him for three hours.

P.S. - This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked up the 20th century.

Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.