I wouldn't not listen to something because it was country. I usually listen to stuff that friends give me, if I admire their taste.

When you put on music, just feel it; it's a different sense. I walk around with music in and it can just change my world in seconds.

The weird thing is, I used to skate in front of, like, 5,000 people and I was never nervous, but the first time I got on stage, there were four people there and I vomited.

It would be so nice to write songs that end up being timeless.

When you get together in a group, it becomes like a family, with the different personalities and the politics that comes with being in a band. It's different than bringing something in by yourself.

Over time, naturally, you lose your innocence from gaining knowledge. You can't be innocent forever, but there's something in innocence you need to regain to be creative.

Education gives light, life and liberty.

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

When life puts you in tough situations, don’t say “why me”, say “try me

It was [meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy] like looking at my mirror image.

Everyone fails. Everyone is constantly failing. It is all part of life, and especially this job of being an actor.

You know you can't just run and shoot people in the knee-caps with double barreled shotgun 'cause you're pissed at them.

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal.

I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.

We have just started, and if you compare the number of people using Skype to the number using a telephone network around the world, we're still just starting.

The declaration of love may come sooner than expected. Take time before you reciprocate as this may simply be a statement of what they expect from you.