My education is the most important thing so I always have to make time for it.

I have a really grounded group of friends, and they like me no matter what. I think it's really important to know who your real friends are.

You've got to pursue your dreams and it will get you to places that you can't even imagine.

Make sure with the time that you have, you really make an impact on people.

I got started at a really young age. I was about two years old when I started playing the piano and around seven or eight when I started writing my own chords and putting words together.

The best part was seeing fans and making new ones. I loved going to new places. I really had the time of my life out there.

I think artists like Justin Bieber really opened up a door for younger artists to be respected in the industry. I really like what he did.

I think my music is a lot different than what is already out there and people will be really attracted to it.

It was really cool being out on the road and doing school with my tutor over Skype or on the phone, but it can definitely be difficult.

I've been surfing almost as long as I've been playing music.

Hot crumpets with butter and jam - what could be more ambrosial?

A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.

All men are mad in some way or the other, and inasmuch as you deal discreetly with your madmen, so deal with God's madmen too, the rest of the world.

Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each other's.

The clear, unmistakable sign of a bureaucrat is somebody who worries about whether he has a window.

That was okay [ working with George Clooney]. One of these days I'll work with a good director.

In every growing church you will find leadership that is not afraid to believe God.

I don't particularly think marriage is a sane thing.

Compromise is part and parcel of making a movie. It's a question of the kinds of compromises that you have to make.