My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.

I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.

I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.

Cemeteries are full of unfulfilled dreams... countless echoes of 'could have' and 'should have'… Don’t choose to walk the well-worn path to regret.

If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.

Africa is God's country, and He can have it.

If you give your Self a chance, your Self will give you all the chances.

What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway?

Faith offers the promise that everything will ultimately be renewed in God. This hardly means that we will, or must, receive an answer from God for every question in our lives.

And I'm excited when I find somebody stimulating to talk with. That's one of the great treasures in life.

Knowest thou not the beauty of thine own face? Quit this temper that leads thee to war with thyself.

Baghdad is determined to force the Mongols of our age to commit suicide at its gates.