Things kind of happen organically with me.

Shouldn't the low strings be at the bottom?

The same people who never did their homework in high school are still doing that to this very day out in the real world.

I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights.

Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo.

Why do it, just because I can? That's kind of crazy.

Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it.

Some gigs will go great. I figure you do a gig, and as many as can get there will get there.

Some people just come in, do it and they know it's right. It turns out better than you imagined it was going to sound. When that happens, you take it as a gift.

I don't know too many people because I stay at my house, I write songs, I go to the store.

The nice thing about true hopelessness is that you don't have to try again.

Danger has a bracing effect.

The hard days are what make you stronger.

Aikido chagnes constantly. What do not change are the principles.

When there is hope, there is life.

My concern is less the monarchy as such than the attempt of a fading colonial power to hang onto grandeur.

Winning 9 games is very respectable.

In China, the social network is a bit different. But I am active there too.

If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed.

I start my own frat, and try out for the women's swim team.

Sleep knits up the raveled sleeve of care.