We gathered the wild-flowers. Yes, life there seem'd one pure delight; As thro' the field we rov'd. Yes, life there seem'd one pure delight.

Oft in the tranquil hour of night, When stars illume the sky, I gaze upon each orb of light, And wish that thou wert by.

Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream, And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream.

One only hope my heart can cheer, - The hope to meet again.

Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming, Thy gentle voice my spirit can cheer.

The more enchanted the idyll, greater must be the pain of its ending.

When death is imminent remember - this is not a dress rehearsal, the time is now, share your love!

Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.

My goal is to goad people into saying something that ruins their life.

History, as the study of the past, makes the coherence of what happened comprehensible by reducing events to a dramatic pattern and seeming them in a simple form.

Because I'm so tall, clothes look different on me than they do on others.

You can be living in a big house, driving a nice car, going on exotic vacations and still be empty inside, crippled with fear and dread.

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.

All true work is sacred.

It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.