You always want to feel you're not the only one going through something unpleasant.

I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.

I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.

Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.

I think good art does come from a dark place.

My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.

Once I discovered music, I knew what I wanted to do.

If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around.

If you want something you just have to see it and believe in it and not take no for an answer.

Gentleness is a great strength.

The Glass has Shattered but the Cross Remains

Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town.

And that, said John, is that.

Let me ask you a question Alex. What do you think is the greatest evil on this plant today?" "Is that including, or not including you?

I've been a Democrat all my life.

As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.

You can laugh, you can cry, you can express yourself, but please don’t hurt each other!

If truth is a value it is because it is true and not because it is brave to speak it.