There's a real rebirth in the artistic community to stand up for what you believe in.

These are not necessarily our agendas, but we feel a part of what a performer is, and what a performer has to say is more than just words and music.

Very few people say no to the ­Grammys.

I'm a child of the '60s, so I love the fact that we are returning to a time when artists are standing up.

In order to answer the question “Where am I going?” one needs to work for self-improvement, to possess decisiveness, to have a will to win and dedication to achieve the goal at all cost

No one else, but the silence of the night cried with me

Even the bees I'd swear were sent to protect us in the delicate business of hives and honey are stung to silence by the news that something winged has lost its flight.

It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

Many things about our salvation are beyond our comprehension, but not beyond our trust.

You're not famous unless people's mothers know who you are. Everybody else, you think you're famous, but you're just hot, and heat cools off.

If you're writing a song about a relationship ending, what you're really doing is honoring how much that person meant to you.

We buy books, we go to gyms, we expend a lot of brain power on trying to hold back time, when we should be celebrating the miracle of being here in this world.

In mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe.

There's a snake hidden in the grass.