What is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

One of my favorite quotes ever was from Slash from Guns and Roses and he said 'to be truly iconic, you need to be able to recognized in a silhouette'

If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.

Take criticism, smash it into dust. Add color and use it to paint breathtaking images of unicorns frolicking through endless fields of greatness.

Life's too short to drink crappy coffee and cry over boys who don't care.

I think it's perfectly acceptable and rather admirable to be moderately delusional

Never take a person away from the music they love.

If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.

I'm just tired; I just want the world to be quiet for a bit.

There's a lot that's happened in my life that maybe I didn't want to happen, but I suppose it's led me to exactly where I am now.

I'd kill myself without music. Immediately. Life is pointless without music for me.

Three essential virtues are patient, loyalty and kindness.

It's really annoying when you're trying to get to know someone and she doesn't pay attention to you because she's obsessed with her phone.

I'm not someone who likes to plan too much ahead.

Forever be happy, never be content, and always know the difference.

I am very sensitive to music, so I can quite easily allow myself to access that space in which I am completely taken over. And you can get quite a reaction out of the crowd when you do that.

The beast that bears you fastest to perfection is suffering.

Someday I'm going to go onstage in a dress if I want to.

Your home should be your home. People shouldn't be allowed to use whatever crazy lenses they use to catch you waking up in the morning.

We think that we all have to like each other before we trust each other and that necessarily is not the case.

One of the beauties of the Buddhadharma is there are so many approaches, and not everything is right for everybody.