I've found that no matter what life throws at me, music softens the blow.

Across galaxies of time and spaceTravelling just to see your faceLost amidst the countless starsTo bring me back to where you are.

Doubt makes faith true

When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to express myself.

A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

For a life to be fully yielded, it must wrestle the impossible and win.

In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live.

I'm very fortunate to have parents who have kept me grounded, so I hopefully won't end up in a bad situation when I grow up.

You can’t force yourself to trust. So you put all your doubts in a little box and bury it deep and then try to forget where you buried it

Many dedicated endurance athletes don’t need to be told what to do – they need to be told what not to do.