Hard to find a better drug than a song you love.

3 years ago I was stocking shelves at Target, living on Ramen noodles, and crashing at Billy's house. Now I'm on tour

I hope my allergies don't act up

Don't let anyone make you feel like you're not good enough, smart enough or cool enough. Do your own thing.

Start enjoying the things you like about yourself, and if there are things you want to change, either get to work on it or get over it.

We want to give kids something to hope for. If one kid says, "Your cd helped get me through this year," that's all it takes.

There are some people i'd take a bullet for, and some people i'd like to put a bullet in.

Don't worry mom . I am still a virgin.

I got a little tattoo on my face, I'll never be able to work another real job so I consider that to be kinda forcing myself to stick to music.

I need a little criticism while I make a record so that I kind of feel like: okay, I know that I'm doing the best that I can do because someone is actually here challenging it.

The whole time you're bouncing ideas off each other, you continue to try and push the songs as far as you can take them and make them the best that they can be.

Hunky Heroes, rescuing distressed women, captive princesses, and girls without wheels since 1684. p. 450

Fear has the role we give it. We are able to empower or poison ourselves to whatever degree we want. This is the beauty of our design.

No two person, ever read the same book.

If you endured the suffering, shall find the joy of overcoming any difficulty.

O pastoral heart of England! like a psalm Of green days telling with a quiet beat.

Of all that is written, I love only what a person hath written with his blood.

Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.

At conventions, one of the standard questions I get is, 'Are you writing any new novels?' To which I used to respond, in my smart-[alec] fashion, 'No, I've decided to write only old novels.'

Writing studio movies is the best job in the world... it's awesome.

Your greatest creation is yourself. Like any great work of art, creating a great self means putting in hard work, every day, for years.