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

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.

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.

The best thing you can give someone is the freedom to make their own mind up - and then, if it's not working out 5 years later, you can give your opinion.

If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.

Stand firm. Stand tall.You are a tower of God.

I make amazing fried chicken. The secret is taco seasoning.

It is no more informative to speak of self-efficacy in global terms than to speak of nonspecific social behavior

Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.

'Doo-wop' is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music.

There are more important things than money. If I were motivated by money, I could have sold these documents to any number of countries and gotten very rich.

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

I realized that the people weren't just characters but they were people and they were getting to do something that was so fun and I wanted to be a part of it.

Creating legislation is a tough process. But watering down legislation? Strangling it with lawsuits and comment letters and blue-ribbon committees? Not so tough, it turns out.