But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms.

You make kingdoms and castles on your own.

Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. Everything else is just bullshit.

I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.

When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state

My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or things I've lost, or things I'll never have.

I have my share of insecurities, hopes and fears. My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

I don't think DIY is something that necessarily comes to mind when people hear Third Eye Blind, but that is completely how we've been from the beginning.

Luxury and Ostentation usually make me feel antsy, like I'm going to get a case of gout.

Too many people realize at the end of their lives that they've taken for granted those who really love them.

Quiet birds rob the universe of beautiful symphonies.

Enjoyment of Jesus is not like icing on the cake

If you don’t’ know what you want, others will give you what they want.

Everyone kept asking me to stay, so I did.

In the newspapers there is insulting and stirring up hatred. Those irresponsible daubers!

The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.

Regardless of whether or not you belong to a majority religion, in the United States you may not impose your theology on civil law.

Remember, benchmark performance -- beta -- can be had for virtually free; alpha is what active managers are paid to generate.