I was a strange kid. I'm still strange. People didn't get me. And I didn't expect them to.

When stuff gets hard, and you're feeling real down about everything or in a cark space, a song can bring you out of it.

Songwriting is like talking to yourself when there is no one to talk to.

I'm just really impressed by oil paintings - I don't see how people do it! That's the style I like: classic oil paintings. Abstract art just isn't my thing.

Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you will die tomorrow.

Man's wonder grows with his knowledge.

People tell me I need an assistant, but I dont want one.

Remember, passing judgment on someone else's character, is only a reflection of your own.

Trust yourself. Figure out everything you want, but then don't worry about it. It's all out of our hands. Just let life work through you .

The air smelled of paper and dust and years.

When you go through a loss, a disappointment or a bad break up, don't expect to come out the same. Expect to come out better off than you were before.

That's one of the great thing about writing is that you get to be in someone's head.

Faith transforms the whole person precisely to the extent that he or she becomes open to love.

Chefs have a new opportunity - and perhaps even an obligation - to inform the public about what is good to eat, and why.