Obviously I don't really go to church any more - no time.

That's the beauty of song writing. You never know when inspiration will come or how it will hit, you just gotta kinda grasp a hold of it and make sense of it somehow.

Im so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.

When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there. To have your songs reach people.

My process is to be by myself when I record. It's quite an emotional performance to pull off when someone else is in the room. I prefer to go away and have my own time with it, bring it in later.

I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don't want to settle on a sound.

America is definitely something I'm pretty excited about.

Just try to keep the heart turned outward, as well as having moments inward.

There's a vulnerability in music but you've also got to protect your sacred place and have a place you can still retire to that no one else knows about. So that's a thing I just try to balance.

The fun of being in the pop world is you can really play with people's perceptions of what the word pop means.

. The key to all of that is keeping hold of humility and keeping hold of the people around you, and making sure you stay grounded with your family and friends.

We can strive to put the past behind us, serve God to the best of our ability now, and look ahead to the glorious future!

I first met my wife in the tunnel of love. She was digging it at the time.

What are the sorrows of other men to us, and what their joy?

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known. This was the sound conclusion of the Academic sceptics, who were the least surly of philosophers.

I hope Hillary Clinton runs for president.

Romance cannot be put into quantity production-the moment love becomes casual, it becomes commonplace.

The trouble you're expecting never happens; it's always something that sneaks up the other way.

They kept on hollering, and I simply had to put my foot down. I said, 'I'm the governor and I say the ignorant in this state have to learn, blacks as well as whites.' And they learned.

you'd like the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That must be the most futile oath anyone ever swears.

Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.