No matter how long what I'm doing here lasts, I want to be a songwriter for the rest of my life. I love it and it's my escape.

Life's a climb. But the view is great.

I probably have an earlier curfew than anyone. My mom wants to keep me really safe and my dad's not overly protective, but he's a dad no matter what.

When Life Puts You in Tough Situations, Don't Say 'Why Me', Say 'Try Me'

Anyone that hates on you is always below you, because they're just jealous of what you have.

If you believe in yourself anything is possible.

Always look forward and try to push pass the negativity. I think everyone's beautiful and they deserve to be happy no matter what.

The greatest opportunities in life come with fear and risk.

You can't blame me for who I am.

Remember that only God can judge us; forget the haters, because Somebody loves you.

It is important to ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing and what purpose it serves in the big picture.

Dreams and needs tear down fortress of impossibility.

Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms

I began with the desire to speak with the dead.

Leadership is not about your ambition. It is about bringing out the ambitions of your team.

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple which has no superfluous parts which exactly answers its ends.

It's just a goatee. That sounds kind of weird. A soul patch? I don't know how 'soul' it is.

I have watched all the work going on there, and the more I see of it the more I am convinced that Mendelism has nothing to do with evolution.

I write and chop with my left hand and do everything else, including eating with a knife, with my right.

A theory that explains everything, explains nothing

Whenever something great happens, you’re always kind of poised for the universe to correct itself.