Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.

Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.

I like down-to-earth people.

Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world.

I'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world.

I'm not into cold weather, I like warm weather.

Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, its all spirit.

I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.

I'm not a mass-appeal artist.

I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.

I wasn't a very good teacher.

I want to be someone strong and brave enough to make hard choices. But I want to be fair and loving enough to make the right ones.

If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it's not that much time away from home.

The most interesting information I can have about a competitor is the cost.

A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise never to reveal it.

It's like going into a nuclear war with bows and arrows.

I have to fit in. Wherever they want to use me, that's fine.

The words of truth are always paradoxical. To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

Before I knew what affliction meant, I was ready sometimes to wish for it

I'd like to have the first restaurant that can deliver incredible quality food to your table at your house at any time-right where you live.

Get up. Go to work. Play the game. Get showered. Go home.