I wish I was old Hollywood.

People fall in love with a person, not a gender or an age.

Buy my album because... it's the kind of music you can be friends with. And it's the only way that *pause* aliens won't come to Earth and destroy us. I am sure of this.

There's nothing more badass than being who you are.

Hope for everything, expect nothing.

My name's Darren. I'm a musician, part time idiot. That's a full time job actually.

My biggest fear? My biggest fear would be turning into an inanimate object.

I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If I like it, I don't feel guilty about it

Never let what is popular actually define your taste or interests.

The power of a smile goes a long way. My mom taught me that.

Chris Colfer... he's like a... playful wood-nymph.

Silence is an arguement hard to refute

One person's success is another's first step, only you can rate your achievements and find peace within yourself.

When companies are growing quickly and they are having a lot of impact, careers take care of themselves.... If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.

That's why we had Louis C.K. portray the harder line Communist, to accuse [Dalton] Trumbo of being a hypocrite.

Whether a person is physically in front of you or not, the love remains.

Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity.

You teach people how to treat you.

I encourage active skepticism - when people are being skeptical because they're trying to identify the best course of action. They're trying to identify the next step for themselves or other people.

Football has an important role to play in society. Players should have a sense of social responsibility, have a moral dimension to them which shows up in good conduct.

Racism is cruel and unjust. It cuts deep and lingers long in individual and community memories. And it is not a thing of the past....We all have a duty to do what we can to turn this around.