People talk about songwriting or comedy as creative expression, but life is creative expression. Table-making, even nursing, is extraordinarily creative.

You can get really good reads on your dreams if you think of every character in them as actually being you.

There are only two stories: either you go forward or you die.

Life is hard, you're tired, and there's disease. The strategy that works for children is to be delighted by the things that delight you.

Good things never last, bad things never die.

One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can.

I am at a place in my life where the more like a cave I can make my surroundings, the happier I am.

I seem to get the best work when I'm angry and depressed and alienated.

It usually happens that I have multiple different projects going on at once, and one can be referencing the other.

A bands first albums usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still trying to be serious about it.

Young people like to feel self-righteous, like they're on the right side of things.

Go ahead and believe that no one shines brighter than you. Become amazing, and be happy.

Everyone has their own purpose on this earth. It's up to you to figure out what your purpose in life is. No one can make that decision for you.

I didn't change. The Democratic Party slid to the Left from right under me.

When people in Washington say they're going to take away my guns, they better bring theirs if they're going to take mine.

Whatever you are struggling with, is a reminder for you to find your true purpose in this lifetime.

No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.

You win the lasting laurels with your laughter.

Keep integrity and your work ethics intact. So what if that means working a little harder; an honorable character is your best calling card, and that's something anyone can have!

I think there's a kind of elegance to it, to work within that framework where what you don't see is often more enticing.

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.