Music used to be essential and meaningful, but now it's disposable.

A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch which was a Rolex Daytona. It was just one of those things that said I was successful.

I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.

There's only one thing that everyone in this world has in common: whether you want to love somebody and you want to be loved in return.

I decided I am not going to say things I do not mean anymore.

People don't like when you point out to them and remind them that they're not very smart.

It doesn't matter the genre or type of art, if it's authentic there's an apparent beauty to it and as an artist, that's very inspiring.

I'm creating music - it doesn't matter if anyone else likes it.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.

When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before.

I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything.

All the answers to your questions about what your goals can and should be lie within, so does your power to accomplish those goals.

He can smell his cologne, his shampoo, and something else -- he can smell the boy's own scent, something bittersweet.

You must never tell people their own stories. They have no interest in them, or they think they can tell them better themselves. Give them a stranger's life, and then they're content.

Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible. It is then an emanation of virtue.

I can sit and dissect for hours, and then write 50 songs about. I always find that inspiring.

Professionally I felt like a horse running in the wrong race.

The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.

I'm definitely the worker. My brother is the jokester.

Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.

When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.