Troubled heart you'll know, problems have solutions, trust and I will show.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

We all have hearts.... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.

Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

It feels better to love than to hate.

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)

Kindness is the best philosophy.

I’m not a religious person; I would call myself an atheist. I don’t have a good story behind it, I’m just reasonable.

Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly it's very hard work.

I don't believe that people would ever fall in love or want to be married if they hadn't been told about it. It's like abroad: no one would want to go there if they hadn't been told it existed.

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort

One compliment can keep me going for a whole month.

I was a book-y child. I was much more book-y than dark.

Passivity can be a provoking modus operandi; Consider the Empire and Gandhi.

I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music.