I was always trying to win the world, but somewhere I lost you.

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

Songs are life in 80 words or less.

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

Love is still a simple act of faith, and a faithful heart is always worth the wait.

The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

Then come and as we lay, beside this sleepy glade, there I will sing to you my Longfellow serenade.

Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin', crunchy granola's neat.

Well I'd certainly hate to interrupt your pleasant night stroll with my sudden death.

Youth is like a fickle girlfriend. We can't understand or value her until she goes off with someone else, never to return.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

At that time a lot of young men didn't want to go to the war and kill. This guy that I fell in love with was one of those so he escaped to Canada and I followed him.

There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving.

I'm in the gym pretty much every day. I've been very strict about my diet during shooting. It all helps me bring as much authenticity to the role as I can.

...no gift will ever buy back a man's love when you have removed his self-love.

Eternal life should be sought elsewhere, perhaps in the religious community, not politics.

"Confessional poetry" is another one of those labels. It goes in and out of fashion.

We are making progress militarily, there is no doubt about that. You've seen the reports from Misrata, although reports of the Gaddafi forces completely pulling out of Misrata seem to be exaggerated.