Running in Central Park is my favorite thing to wake up and do. I have my own specific path that I have to run every single time. There's a little bit of OCD involved, but I love it.

May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground.

I kind of like being depressed.

There’s always some level of optimism in every single song.

It takes a lot to still believe in people.

I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations.

But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.

If I wasn't a musician I'd probably be like a meth addict.

I try and get about eight hours of sleep every single night. And I like to think that I drink more water than anyone, ever.

I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs.

I tried to play bass in a punk band once, and it was an absolute disaster. I can’t play anything. I don’t know what it is.

To have a rich mind is better than to have a rich bank account.

She has a memory of trees and fields and nothing more.

After all we'd been through, we still couldn't take our heads from out of our asses or our hands from around each other's throats.

In the screwed-up life I’d been dealt, she was my only source of comfort.

Got a new pup. He is half griffon. The other half is mistake.

Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.

I have always been a leader on my team. I have always been a guy that held player-only meetings. I'm the type of guy that stood up and said something. I know how to lead.

The right to choose death when life no longer holds meaning is not only the next liberation but the last human right.

With publicity comes humiliation.

The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice.