Never trust a man in red trousers

Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.

I make mistakes. I say stupid things. I do idiotic things. And, quite frankly, I'm proud of them. Why not make mistakes?

I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.

Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.

I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I project the identity I want to have throughout the songs that I write.

When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.

I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.

You can only get over your fears if you attack them head on.

She may have been the one whose name meant music, but his sounded like it. Saying it made her want to sing it, to lean out a window and call him home. To whisper it in the dark.

Imprisoned in every fat man a thin one is wildly signalling to be let out.

We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it?

People say my content's mature, I don't think it's mature at all. I'm just a normal 20 year old. I'm opinionated.

I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other.

All clean and comfortable I sit down to write.

If entertainment years were dog years, man, Id be like Gandhi. Id be like 250 years old.

Legal land surveyors are few and far between and can find themselves in demand.

Life wastes nothing. Over and over again every molecule that has ever been is gathered up by the hand of life to be reshaped into yet another form. p 259

The good Husbandman may pluck His rose & gather in His lily.