I would rather kill myself than play my own music... I can't stand it when people do that.

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it.

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice, he's blossomed'.

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.

I would like to be with you, but I do love my loneliness too.

There was something about this place that brought out the best and worst in you, pushing you to extremes.

Personal Responsibility is the acknowledgement of the fact that I am personally responsible for what is happening in my life, in my surrounding and in my nation.

Talking to women about birth can be polarizing.

I'm a big believer in bibliotherapy.

There are 20,000 Muslim physicians in the United States, Americans putting their lives in the hands of Muslims every day.

As soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water.

The future is built on the flow of new ideas.

A shortage of airports runways and gates along outmoded air traffic control systems have made U.S. air travel the most congested in the world.

Quitting is the easiest thing to do.