Everything that could be said already has; I'm just trying to say it differently.

I don't need to get paid. I just wanna open. I just wanna get in front of new people.

I want to be like Ben Folds. Everyone loves his music, but you could be sitting next to him on a plane and never know it." "I would much rather people know my music than know my name.

To me, there are 3 parts of the album process: writing, recording, and my favorite part: getting to sing the songs with the fans every night.

I'm sort of a traditionalist usually. I love old soul music and The Beatles; I realized I was sort of trying to make music sometimes that fit into an era that's gone.

It's always weird when I meet people who don't know how to crack crabs open and eat them the right way. I take a lot of pride in my crab-eating ability.

I think my music tastes keep changing, so I think the music I make changes a little bit.

I like to talk to the crowd on stage. I don't like going to a concert and feeling like the people on stage don't care whether or not I'm there.

I think the biggest thing is that I have fun with the fans on Twitter and Instagram and at the show. It's a fun time to be able to communicate with all the different types of social media stuff.

I love sports. If I could be a baseball player I would. I just am not good at it at all.

Genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us.

Our society shuns people for being a bright light in the world. Sometimes if you are too futuristic people do not like how revolutionary you are

Don't shrink your standards, link yourself with those who think and ink like you.

you look at me and cryeverything hurtsi hold you and whisperbut everything can heal

The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world.

Things become complicated if there are enough people to complexify them.

Cinema is not a series of abstract ideas, but rather the phrasing of moments.

To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.

I urge you to set a tough, quantitative target for adding "differentiators" as I call them, to every service you provide.

the earth is not my home, I'm just passing by