Sometimes I have the idea right away, like, "Oh, this is what this song's about. This is how I'm feeling."

Hell is a swamp, to me - not as something fiery, but as something dank, moist, and wet.

I think it's cool to give people encouragement.

I didn't really know why I wanted to go to college. I didn't really have a reason to go there other than the fact that everybody else was doing it.

I'm not against being proud of where you come from but I feel like sometimes the divisions are a little too bold and it hurts us more than it helps us.

I love electronic music as much as I love something that sounds like 'Pullhair Rubeye,' or something a little bit more organic than that.

Music can be so manipulating - especially in terms of horror. It's such an important part of building the tension.

There's something scary about the unknown. And maybe the scariest movies couldn't ever be made because they are too deep in somebody's head, too unknown to get out.

I definitely don't want to play by myself. I don't relate to playing music that way. I like interacting with people.

Things have changed. The suburbs are developed, but other parts, like where we recorded Spirit and Danse Manatee are still woodland and farmland.

People seem to think that folk music is people with acoustic guitars. Or punk music is people with mohawks, leather jackets.

Reasons are the fuel for goal achievement. Without a strong enough reason, it’s impossible to persevere.

But how could anyone be grateful for what they have if they didn’t know what it was like not to have what they need?

He kills her in her own humor.

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.

If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession.

I believe there is a right way to fail and a wrong way to fail.

When I remember bygone days I think how evening follows morn So many I loved were not yet dead, So many I love were not yet born.

Let my heart be broken with the things that break God's heart.

I don't think about what I'll get from someone else. Instead, all I care about is what I can give. And that, my friend, has made me a very happy man.

There are only four things in life that matter. The first is happiness and I'll sell you the other three for a dollar.