You take the constructive criticism, because without the fans you would have no show.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice because you see what the end goal is. When you have a dream and you want to get it done, you can't wait on other people.

I like being able to put out my own content instead of just going from audition to audition and just waiting and hoping.

I don't take Hollywood too seriously. I have kids that don't give a damn about what I'm shooting, they just want dinner. So that keeps me grounded.

You have to stick to your guns for what your vision is.

I've been broke more than I've been rich. I like being in the middle way better.

As far as drug abuse and all that - listen, this is Hollywood. I don't know how I was able to avoid it, but I'm lucky that I did.

There are bigger stars out there than me. But I went through my s-, as people do as they get older.

Going through your late teens and early 20s is not an easy time, especially in Hollywood. So you just learn your lessons, you make your mistakes and you move on.

...They are merely scars, not mortal wounds and you must use them to propel you forward.

Composing is a slowed-down improvisation; often one cannot write fast enough to keep up with the stream of ideas.

Spring never is spring unless it comes too soon.

You have not failed until you quit trying.

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

On Saint Paul, he's probably one of the best theologians of all time, but I don't believe that some of his teachings are appropriate today.

For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I did not have the misery in my heart that the blues required.

The only time a relationship is good is when you really love them.

I go out into America, and I am literally navigating a minefield. Godliness has become abnormal.

Time travels at different speeds for different people. I can tell you who time strolls for, who it trots for, who it gallops for, and who it stops cold for.