Somehow, it seems that the sadder a song is, the happier I feel. The release of emotions that many would label as 'negative' is actually a liberating process for me.

I did get a degree in theater and took some voice-over classes.

I feel like my music is just an extension of my acting. I treat the songs like scenes that tell a story... it's very similar.

Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.

Never become impatient with the process, bored with the pace, frustrated at the meager results, just keep trying.

Loneliness is the manifestation of the conflict between our desire for meaning and the absence of objective meaning from the universe.

Looking back together, telling our stories to one another, we learn how to be on our own.

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

To reclaim the prodigal is well, but to save him from ever being a prodigal is better.

We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.

You know, the man's best friend is his dog... if he's got nothing else.

Ethical maxims are bandied about as a sort of current coin of discourse, and, being never melted down for use, those that are of base metal are never detected.

Follow the yellow brick road.