Nothing is sadder than love left unheard.

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

Songs are life in 80 words or less.

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

Love is still a simple act of faith, and a faithful heart is always worth the wait.

The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

Then come and as we lay, beside this sleepy glade, there I will sing to you my Longfellow serenade.

Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin', crunchy granola's neat.

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

If you want to have some fun, Make some friends and have fun together.If you don't want to get hurted, Be alone and nobody can hurt you.

Truly unconditional love was suffocating, in that it took so little notice of who you actually were.

Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.

I'm a little old-fashioned.

I think that's part of the creative process to disagree about certain ideas. But we also agree just as much as we disagree, in the band, I would say.

Creation is a drug I can't do without.

In a world where carpenters get resurrected, everything is possible.

Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums.