Who needs a stupid grampa-loving, book-reading, good-smelling boy who I like to talk to?

I took that smile and I put it right where the hole in my chest was. It was better than coffee, or chocolate, or a perfect pirouette. I clutched it and held it tight.

Hello and good-bye are not as simple as everyone thinks.

Silent is the ruined land. Man is brutal and the rain does not wash away the pain or rid the distant memory. It makes it glisten.

It was amazing what I could remember about myself when I retraced my own steps.

Everyone got older but forgot to grow up.

It's a fact of life. Hearts are always hurting. And yet they still keep pumping.

I smile a lot. I heard someone say once that it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown, so i'm trying it out.

Is there any other way to be? I mean, this is it. This is my body, my soul; I gotta live with it. I'd better get comfortable. I plan on taking it for a long ride.

A shame really, because putting the right book in the right kid’s hands is kind of like giving that kid superpowers.

Non est ad astra mollis e terris via. That's my philosophy. Its a quote from the past. "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.

HereI'm here-the snow falling.

Sometimes in life you've got to Ctrl, Alt, Delete and let go.

The thought is just as strong as the consequence.

If you fight you might lose, if you don't you have already lost.

I started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.

There are different views about what's good for our country, our economy, and our leadership in the world.

People have no discrepancy for me or my lyrics or the song.

When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows.

That which hits the fan tends to get flung in all directions.

I had no expectations about Barack Obama and I'm not in the least disillusioned.