God forbid Donald Trump gets elected president; think about how many people are going to get f**ked over or how much harder we're going to have to fight for equality.

People always want reasons for things ... but sometimes there are no reasons.

You can drive at 16, go to war at 18, drink at 21, and retire at 65. So who can say what age you have to be to find your true love?

Don't let your silly dreams fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall.

Some things cannot be explained. This is part of the magic of life. There cannot be a word or an idea or a definition attached to everything.

I think that live music is something that the Internet can never kill.

Reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet.

Fashion is one of the most beautiful forms of art we have. It's a form of art that every person gets to possess and create for themselves.

I am very blessed to have a great group of long-term friends and a huge family that has been very loving and supportive. I try to stay connected to that and contribute as much as I can.

I feel lucky that I even have the luxury to write about feeling lonely or feeling confused. When you think about climate change that means that we won't have an Earth to be lonely on.

It is just so cool to play on the beach right next to the water. I am deeply moved by water as I think most people are - so to play music with it is a most powerful experience.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Am I accurately reporting what I see in such a blossom? The answer is no ... and yes.

I write because I want to have more than one life.

Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you.

When you're in a band and write a song on your own, it isn't fully realized until it goes into somebody else's ears.

It ain't because lovers are so sensitive that they quarrel so often; it is because there is so much fun n the making up.

I'm a martial artist. I've boxed all my life. I work out. I studied Hwarangdo, which is a Korean style.

The ability to learn is older as it is also more widespread than is the ability to teach.

I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.

I used to live in New York and now I live in L.A., and somehow I've become a different person because of the air and what I see every day, and I think we all do.