You wouldn't want to be in a rock band - trust me.

Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just as your back's turned, you'll be surprised... as your solitude subsides.

I think life is the most important thing and you have to live that first and then you're art comes second.

I think you kind of lose the human aspect when you make things too perfect.

As hard as I try to sound tough and dark, I still sound cute.

I'm a control freak with regards to certain aspects. I think you just have to be when you're making stuff in the world. You have to have a clear idea what you want.

I write music, really, to make myself feel better.

Whenever I have a bunch of tunes written, I always find a kind of uniform that accompanies the songs.

I tend to work well within a deadline. If I know I have to get something in three weeks, I tend to A, enjoy myself a little bit more, and B, really work well.

If you wanna get to heaven, get out of this world.

I grew up on Loretta Lynn and Dusty Springfield. I remember lying about it it wasn't cool to listen to country when I was 12.

Orr slept. He dreamed. There was no rub.

It wasn't like I wanted to be the next Marc Andreessen, but it would be cool to be in the same place.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.

A single friar who goes counter to all Christianity for a thousand years must be wrong.

We think of happiness as something we can take. But usually it comes from being content with what we have, and accepting ourselves.

Really, the F word in a song - it should be the least of the worries of parents these days.

To be a presence of perpetual thanksgiving may be the ultimate goal of life. The thankful person is the one for whom life is simply one long exercise in the sacred.

If you don't plan your time, someone else will help you waste it.