The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

A lot of the time it feels like… music is some sort of excuse to be a human. It’s kind of like people need that excuse to go and put their arms in the air and sing their hearts out.

Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free/to be more like the man you were made to be

I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster.

If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could've won.

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.

I spent quite a lot of time pissing off my friends because I could get girls with a British accent, despite the fact that I was tubby and, like, not very cool.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

I'd love to write a country album with Adele.

Every band I've come across has read more than I have.

I don't even call myself a Christian.

Opportunity makes the man

If children instead of adults would have contolled the world, then the world would have become a better place.

Audiophiles don't use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment.

There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck... I was having a hard time a couple of years ago... I'm a good driver, I just had bad luck.

New research into cognitive functioning - how the brain works - proves that bullet points are the least effective way to deliver important information.

When I went to law school, nobody heard of civil rights.

You can never give up or get down on yourself. A true champion keeps his or her chin up and always takes life one race at a time.

If everything was super easy and I didn't have to face the odd bump in the road or difficult time then I guess my 'resilience muscles' wouldn't be in such good shape.

We live in a society where manhood is all about conquering and violence. And what we don't realize is that ultimately that kind of manhood ultimately kills you.

We have the time, we have the knowledge, and we have the wisdom to move out into the world with love and power.