It's really important for me to live purposefully, and I feel that way putting music out in the world and having people connect with it. That means everything to me.

I'm not really a very social person. It exhausts me when I'm out.

I care about making music and I care about creating experiences for my fans with my music and my videos and my performances.

Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you.

I want to make honest music and tell honest stories that hopefully reflect the thoughts and feelings other people have.

What puts my mind at rest is knowing I'm a person of integrity. I really do stand for what I say I stand for. I'm real!

Control is as much an effect as a cause, and the idea that control is something you exert is a real handicap to progress

The poetry of life must not be replaced with matter-of-fact prose.

I did a handful of photo shoots and I never made any money for it just because I was trying to build a portfolio. I decided that that's not what I wanted to do.

When people have expectations, you're going to make a lot of them upset - when in fact I'm not trying to represent anybody but myself.

Everyone has to learn to work with people - it's part of being an adult, too.

If I could bronze my love, it’d be worthy of a silver medal.

Clichés so often befall vain people.

Rivers are places that renew our spirit, connect us with our past, and link us directly with the flow and rhythm of the natural world.

Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world.

All learning is remembering. A good teacher causes students to remember what they already know.

Every goal is a highlight film.

It's about being here in the moment, accepting one another and allowing creativity to flow.

I rented a lottery ticket. I won a million dollars. But I had to give it back.

There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat

I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical.