Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best.

It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.

Try to keep your mind. Try not to eat bad, try not to wake up with too bad of a hangover.

I think I prefer singing in falsetto. I like the way it sounds. It doesn't sound like my natural voice. It sounds like a character.

I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines - of course, I do love a good story.

Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person.

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.

I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun.

Everyone wants to be well-loved and appreciated but, at the same time, there are some people that just don't want to be your friend, and there's nothing you can do or say to change that.

Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes me think." I love that quote. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's true.

I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.

All of them are gone except for me

We always feel the brunt of the blow dealt to us, but hardly ever do we feel the impact we have on others. Why is that?

Life is the gift of being able to do something, so use it

The player had almost as much fun as the parent and coaches. This league is well worth the time the professionals put into it. I would encourage any professional to host a team.

My heart died a while back. [Eragon]

Learning lines is hard for me because I have the attention span of a six year old. That's why being on planes all the time is so useful - I'm forced to learn out of boredom.

It is too often seen, that the wiser men are about the things of this world, the less wise they are about the things of the next.

He could beat anything, he thought, because no thing could hurt him if he did not care.

I'm feeling better than anybody expected me to so I'm still maintaining a pretty normal schedule, I'd say.

And yet.. even if you had been right, it would only have been by accident. A broken clock is right two times a day.