Mediocrity is the elephant in the room.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

Stay true to your brand and true to your voice and audiences will respond to that authenticity with enthusiasm and passion.

People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.

The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

The story is everything, which means it's our job to tell better stories.

Those who die with their music still on their tongues unsung are trying to say “God had made a deal with the wrong customer like me

People were a little leery when I was doing the press for my last album 'Rumble Doll, ' yes. It's always that thing that this is a dilettante or a pet project.

I don't want to just live delivered but I want to live free.

Besties before testes.

I imagine 'Daily Grace' as, like, your awkward older sister who tries to give you advice.

If you just sit there, and you're a writer, you're bound to write crap. A lot of American writing is crap. And a lot of American writers are professionals.

I go to coffee shops for my outlet. Which is just not healthy at all.

The past is always triple-A. We can all remember what the past was. But if we try to make the future triple-A, we have no future. The future is always single-B.

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.

Integrity gives you real freedom because you have nothing to fear since you have nothing to hide.