You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it.

Don't let your eyes refuse to seeDon't let your ears refuse to hear

Well, I looked my demons in the eyes laid bare my chest, said 'Do your best, destroy me. You see, I’ve been to hell and back so many times, I must admit you kind of bore me.

There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.

We all have that inner voice that is wise, even if we don't always follow it. It's that voice I'm trying to listen to.

Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

Every song asks to be sung in a different way.

You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you.

The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful.

I never learned to count my blessings I choose instead to dwell in my disasters

We don't get to see ourselves the way the Lord sees us, but we can choose to believe what He says about us.

You, Stan, are covered with dirt and leaves.''''I just applied for a job as a tree, '' I said. It made so little sense, he didn't even bother responding.

I prefer empty cages, Sabina, until I find a unique bird I once saw in my dreams.

I'm much happier and more fulfilled than I thought I would ever be, especially when I was going through a lot of grief when I was younger. I hope it lasts.

I believe that human beings are desperate, always, to belong to something larger than themselves.

You can be nasty when you are young, but you really have to be older to achieve bitterness.

Afghanistan will be a brother of Pakistan. Afghanistan will never betray a brother

I don't consider 41 being in prime of life. Even if I conceived a child tomorrow I'd be 52 by the time it was 10. I'm not sure I'd have the energy, and I find that quite scary.

The media is something that affects a lot of people, so you're constantly trying to strike a balance between respecting something and not caring about it.

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.