When your songs are like your babies, even the one that you know aren't great, you still love.

I am who I am and I don't think you can put a label on it.

I just continue to be myself and give this thing over to the good lord, just do my best every night and pretend like it's just any other job.

I try not to keep my head in the clouds .

I think if you expect it to do well, you come off a little bit cocky.

I think everything moving forward will just be instinctual, like we'll know exactly which doors to walk through when they open.

In my opinion, if you buy a ticket to see me you're buying experience. People don't want to see me stand there and play guitar, they want to party with us.

I'd love to do a live record, I'd love to do an acoustic record, I'm already thinking about what I may want to do with the next studio record.

I try to make sure that, when I'm writing, I don't put too much Cody in it. But I don't want to lose it either.

I have a conscience, man, and I've worked really hard to keep it where you would feel like you were talking to the same man at one of my shows or sitting down at my dinner table.

I don't like reality TV as far as it being scripted and not being true reality.

The gift of God is grace.The grace of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus.

A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.

Closed books are like closed eyes—you must open them to see anything.

Being number one doesn't mean you are the best.

There are no bad haircuts in cyberspace.

Write down each day what surprised you and how you surprised others. When something strikes a spark of interest, follow it.

It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others ad fight for your rights.

Gleaming skin; a plump elongated shape: the eggplant is a vegetable you'd want to caress with your eyes and fingers, even if you didn't know its luscious flavor.

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.