My wife really pushed me in that direction, to write my own songs and start singing, so I think having the whole family thing is such a huge thing.

They say things happen for a reason You don't do them, they won't.

Nobody in my family ever surfed, but they would always bring me to the beach.

I started surfing at the age of 10, and then turned professional at the age of 16, which was right around the same time I took up the guitar. So, the surfing came first.

I grew up knowing [Jack Johnson], surfing with him.

I just think it's amazing that I'm able to do both singing and surfing.

One Christmas, I just begged my parents like "I want to try to surf on a real board instead of these boogie boards and rafts" and they got me one.

[The Surf Lodge performance] is sort of like an annual thing.

I travel a lot, and being in different countries and a part of cultures, that's just such a huge inspiration for music, and one way or another, you get influenced.

Traveling is also a big inspiration for me.

Definitely my wife and my kid [are my biggest inspiration].

Value time and convert it into greatness by investing it into learning and researching all that you can.

Age has taught me that what other people think of me is none of my business.

Now is the best time to start becoming the person we eventually want to be—not only 20 years from now but also for all eternity.

No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.

But as we move from this period of what many Iraqis regard as perceived occupation, we need to move towards one of partnership.

It only takes for one person to remind you that you are special, and then your whole life is changed.

But there remains the question: what righteousness really is. The method and secret and sweet reasonableness of Jesus.

I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.

Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.

I'm 44 years old. So, it's really great to watch younger generations getting their opportunities, and being there to support them in that.