The songs that you start to write that you are a little scared of can be the ones that you have to tell.

The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told.

Trying to find a heart that's not walking away.

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way.

If you make people think they're thinking they'll like you, but if you make people actually think, then watch out, you're not going to be popular.

Life's too short to stay where we are.

I love creating moments that feel bigger than just like an artist on stage.

As my uncle always says, 'If your vibe outweighs your substance, you're destined to be a novelty.' I think that is true in all art.

As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new and keep it exciting.

Don't apologize for all the tears you've cried, you've been way too strong now for all your life.

I guess we're all one phone call from our knees

I suck their blood, robbing them of life. But each time I do so, it robs me of my soul.

It was never the right time or it was always the right time, depending on how you looked at it.

I have heard it remarked that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion they have not reasoned themselves into.

Pride - Lord of human kind

I remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night after I got off work. The bartender there used to call me Boom Boom. I don't know why, but he did.

The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.

I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks

Television has created a nation of news junkies who tune in every night to get their fix on the world.

I have already enjoyed too much; give me something to desire.

I don’t like your hair black. (Artemis) And I don’t like your head attached to your shoulders. Guess we can’t all have what we want, huh? (Acheron)