Record sales don't really mean anything. For us, the pressure is imagining some 15-year-old kid in Cincinnati who buys our album and doesn't feel like he wasted his pocket money.

Life is beautiful in all it's colors, even the darker ones, they're here for a reason.

Everything that's happening to you, is what's suppose to be happening to you. So just relax.

Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you're obviously very intelligent and good looking and all-around brilliant.

Nothing matters except life and the love you make.

I think in life everyone needs to be broken in some way.

Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids, so you really love the dishes.

So what Ghost Stories means to me is like you've got to open yourself up to love and if you really do, of course it will be painful at times, but it will be great at some point.

Life is miraculous, even when it's disastrous, it's still incredible, I'm fascinated with everything, life is fascinating, I'm fascinated by trees and dogs, but no one wants to hear me talk about it.

I've never been cool and I don't really care about being cool. It's just an awful lot of time and hair gel wasted.

In my mind, when God made women, he did an amazing job. I think girls are just perfect.

Challenging the truth is like playing tennis against the wall! The defeat is inevitable!

Aspire higher to attain excellence in whatever you do. But be careful when you reach the peak, where the only way is the way downwards. Maintain your standard!

This forest silence improves anyone.

You don’t have to prove something to feel it, to know it exists.

Now is the time to create living relationships with our loved ones who have died.

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.

Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.

Me and crazy Janey were making love in the dirt singing our birthday songs.

Being me right now is sort of amazing.

There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.