Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes.

I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling.

I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.

Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.

People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?

The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique.

When you become tired of fitting in, is when you truly become yourself

There's more to light than the opposite of dark.

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.

Never mind a world that can't see past brutality.

Sometimes you want to run away Sometimes you think you do But you never had a dream like this before And you don't want to ask for more Sometimes you leave a mark Before you know the score

I'm only a tool, beloved. Not your Savior

Thy word O God is the Truth.

Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.

The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them always.

To say that we have to surrender to judicial supremacy is to do what Jefferson warned against, which is, in essence, surrender to judicial tyranny.

Adrian sighed. "I knew you staying out of trouble was too good to be true.

In the end you regret less the things you believed that weren't true than the things that never came true because you didn't believe.

I'm trying to make records where people don't feel cheated. Nashville has been guilty of insulting the Country Music audience for years and years.