Some of my influences are black gospel artists so I definitely want to do a soul-gospel type thing.

If you get raised up having everything you want and then get put out in the world and try to live your own life, you've never had anything to train you how to live.

Apparently, there's this whole set of disgruntled people but obviously it's not my intention to offend anyone by changing the style of music that I've done.

During a big rock show, you can flub a few things and nobody will hear it, because it gets buried under everything else.

Who I am musically I hope will just keep changing and changing.

I'm not a fast, stream-of-consciousness lyricist at all - I know some guys who are, and if there is one skill I wish I had, it's that.

I have an awesome church home and an awesome Pastor down in L.A., and I couldn't be happier.

Cause I enjoy both, I enjoy recording and playing live, but yeah, the rush of playing live is really something.

But I needed to prove to everyone that I was a serious musician.

Right, yeah, you know, my favorite thing just globally about music is just hopefully I'm able to be, you know, blessing the people in any way that I can.

Sometimes I'll get a burst when I write lyrics, it usually happens in 20 minutes and I'll write the whole song, and that's really the only way it feels comfortable.

Sameness of existence. Conformity is inevitable. So is search.

We all shine on...like the moon and the stars and the sun...we all shine on...come on and on and on...

This, then, is what counts: a lightning reaction which has no further need of conscious observation. In this respect at least the pupil makes himself independent of all conscious purpose.

Valour lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

Do you know what the costliest phrase in technology is? 'It will work because it would be cool if it did.'

He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to prove that cutting incomes to the poorest families will have a negative impact on kids. That is less money for the basics like food, health and clothes.

My idea of magic doesn't have much to do with stage tricks and illusions. The whole world abounds in magic.

Often one goes for one thing and finds another

To get all that life wants for you, apply what I call the Boomerang Effect: Give out what you most want to see come back.