Love is still a simple act of faith, and a faithful heart is always worth the wait.

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

Songs are life in 80 words or less.

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

Then come and as we lay, beside this sleepy glade, there I will sing to you my Longfellow serenade.

Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin', crunchy granola's neat.

Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune.

I would die rather than live without you. I would die the same way he died. I can't bear you to look at me the way you did. I cannot bear it if you do not love me!" -Claudia.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

Not a game, not a game... practice.

The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.

One day you're the statue. One day you're the pigeon.

The improv stuff, that's always surprising so a lot of times that's really funny.

Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition.

To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create.

Parents and therapists offer unconditional love without needing it to be returned, yet both sides grow in love, understanding, and acceptance.

You either ride life or it rides you. Your mental attitude determines who is 'rider' and who is 'horse.'