My family life, my adoption - it could be related to the songs, but I think the songs are deeper than that. They're not just about this experience.

Share yourself with others after you have first spent some time with yourself.

A lot of people ask me if I'm OK. I'm capable of crazy - a lot of people are - but I'm OK.

Sometimes I'll hit a note and sometimes I don't. Why not at least try?

I sometimes write as if I were talking to myself, or to a mirror, or to someone for the last time. There's this element of confrontation.

It's hard to force a relationship with a stranger even if they happen to be someone you happen to share blood with.

Different cultures have different audiences.

I just want to scream: "I'm being honest, I swear!" Maybe it's embarrassing, but I don't care anymore.

I'd rather people interpret the songs and get whatever they can out of them instead of thinking about me crying in a room with a guitar.

I don't believe people when they say their songs have nothing to do with their personal life.

People should know each other because they want to, because they have things in common.

The witness of solid moral character to a righteous way of life must never be underestimated.

Extending gratitude to another says, “I see what you’ve done and I thank you for the energy you put forth.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

I've made a connection with the television audience by being a proud Latino man. I am passionate for what I do, courageous in the face of peril, honest and straightforward.

Finding the physical aspect is important to me because that is often how we read people in everyday life.

I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for.

I'm a meathead, man. You've got smart people, and you've got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb.

Human behavior is messy and unpredictable and unconcerned with convenient symmetries.

Optimism can be relearnt.

If I could do it over, I'd do better.