In the end all that matters is climbing and pushing your personal limits. No matter the grade, if you climb something that was hard for you, then that's sick.

What has worked before is never as good as something that has never been tried before, even if it doesn't work.

Songwriting is Hell on Earth. If it isn't, then you're doing it wrong.

The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs.

We as songwriters are in the same position as a professional fisherman. Our fishing grounds are kind of fished out.

The creative processes are so mysterious.

Someone left the cake out in the rain

I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.

As I've grown - dare I say it - older, I had hopes of indulging my dreams of being a sailor.

I believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning full of the spirit. I do believe that it comes to you.

You reach a certain point in your life where they things you do and say do make a difference.

great men take and overtake risk tactically

Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones

The more you practice the better you'll be, the harder you train the great in you they'll see.

The shot from Laws was precise but wide.

If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

Travel doesn't merely broaden the mind. It makes the mind.

An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

I figure if the kids are alive at the end of the day, I've done my job.

I don't weigh myself.