It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.

Don't let your eyes refuse to seeDon't let your ears refuse to hear

Well, I looked my demons in the eyes laid bare my chest, said 'Do your best, destroy me. You see, I’ve been to hell and back so many times, I must admit you kind of bore me.

There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.

We all have that inner voice that is wise, even if we don't always follow it. It's that voice I'm trying to listen to.

Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me

You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it.

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

Every song asks to be sung in a different way.

You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you.

The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful.

Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

loving someone is weakness .as well as strength for self . which one you want to use ?

We would be a few years younger, if every day we meditated for five minutes on the meanings of the word innocence.

My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.

Parental love is unconditional, and so is God's love. No matter what a child of God has done against Him, or feels he or she has done that cannot be forgiven, God still loves that wondering soul.

All the records of your past lives are contained within your own mind, just as the records of your ancestors are contained within your DNA.

The revolution will not be televised.

Villains are often attractive.

If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.

Think you figured it out, but you don't have a clue. Think you on top of the world, but the world on top of you.