Performing is one thing, and day-to-day stuff - like the way you talk to people - is totally different. If I acted like I did onstage in normal life, everyone would probably hate me.

Performing to me is the most vital, most important. It's my favorite part of all of it. I just want to be on stage.

If I'm working on one thing, then that's all that there is going on, and there's no such thing as a side project to me. It's 100 percent.

Playing a song changes a song. Every night a song becomes something else on stage.

I actually got into music because of art and because of skateboarding: All those graphics and punk bands and fanzines - they were glued together in my brain.

When you do music, your friends are writers, actors, painters. It's all under the sameroof. So anything creative is interesting to me.

I think you have to find your own language. You find your footing with it, and you start to express it in certain ways.

I think things are beautiful when you don’t plan them, and you don’t have any expectations, and you’re not trying to get somewhere in particular.

He laid his head on Reid's shoulder and shut his eyes, buoyed toward sleep by the affectionate comb of fingers through his hair. He could stay just so, and be content for all his days.

As Im writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.

One of the big lessons from behavioral economics is that we make decisions as a function of the environment that we're in.

If I'm going to be working out two hours a day, I may as well have a goal... and I'm pretty competitive by nature. A triathlon is a new fun thing.

You are the executive director and screenwriter of your life.

Allowing the U.N. into Iraq will demonstrate to the Iraqis that the international community as a whole is committed to bringing stability and safety to their country.

I have the best fans. I know every artist says that but I really do. I love my fans for how much they know about me, how much they learn about me, and how much they really pay attention.

I don’t know you, And you don’t know me. It is this that brings us together.

I think leading by example is important, as I know the next generation is watching us.

One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy.