When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music.

I know that life is a journey I must accept and that pain and confusion are temporary. I know that if I follow my heart, it will lead me where I belong.

If there is one thing that is constant in this world, it is the power of music.

Let me fall. Let me climb. There's a moment where fear and dream must collide.

Fly me up to where you are beyond the distant star. I wish upon tonight to see you smile, if only for a while to know you're there. A breath away's not far to where you are.

Music is what I always turn to when I'm feeling a certain way. It's my reason for everything.

I try to have a real close connection with my fans. That's extremely important. They are the ones that have been there from the beginning and proved everyone else wrong.

No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal.

The songs that I sing and the songs that I write have always just been what I feel my voice does well, and what my inspirations have been and a kind of culmination of everything.

My best advice to you is: Whatever you do, do NOT take my advice.

The daggers of silence last longer than anything ever spoken.

I'm not a rookie anymore-no more excuses about being young.

The weekends are really important to me; the use of technology is really important to me.

People striving for approval from others become phony.

It is the pain of ignorance which makes one into a seeker.

It's not about being digital. It's about students who are born digital.

I am sure all politicians will be convinced of the merits of this deal.

There is a dependence in the region that breeds a culture of defeatism.

I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.