when you're so happy that you have to close your eyes when you smile so that your eyes don't jump out of your head

Everyone in life has a purpose, and nobody's purpose is better than anyone else's

The way you live your life depends on you.

My parents say that I was singing before I could talk. I personally remember specific moments at three or four when music was playing literally all over the house.

If you're at the top, then brace for the fall.

The good thing about my fans is that they like when I'm awkward and real, so I'm able to just go on stage and be my dorky self.

Songwriting never gets old. There's always stuff to write about.

I wanna run, i wanna stay. hold every piece, so it won't break.

Always be organized in adding value

I'm afraid of them and they don't like mebecause I'm afraid.

...and for a great deal it seemed good to him, for in the music there were no flaws.

The beauty of doing film is that you construct whatever you do block by block and you can build something that will stay.

Every reformation ruins somebody.

I hope when I'm ninety-five the only things I want are free: love, family, a good home-cooked meal.

I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.

I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.

We are free to burn the Qur’an or any other book, and to criticize Muhammad or any other human being. Let no one forget it.

The world is not given by our fathers but borrowed from our children.