Here in my heart, that is where you will be; you will be with me, here in my heart. No distance can keep us apart, long as you are here in my heart.

I'm not like normal people. I'm no good at relationships. I draw drama to me - it's the Jew in me.

I have a good imagination. Look, I know what it feels like to have a broken heart. I know what it feels like to feel something for somebody. I'm just too weird to be in a relationship.

I see pictures in my mind and become the character in the song as I'm writing. It's kind of method songwriting, where you're the actor in the song.

I'm somebody who finds adversity is almost as good as encouragement. It's almost like, you close the door, and I'll find ten ways to kick it in and go around it or dig under it or something.

I know what it's like to have a broken heart. I know what it's like to feel pain: When my songs don't become hits, it breaks my heart. There are a million ways to break a heart. I can relate.

A lot of people give up, but you cant stop me. If you close the door, Ill just jump out the window.

What makes a great song - you dont put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something.

One of the benefits of success with new songs is that some of the other songs will get a chance to see the light of day whereas they wouldn't have before.

I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of my dear friend Ronni Chasen. I have had the honor of working with her for over 15 years. She was one of a kind. I loved her. I miss her.

If you asked me to I'd let you in my life forever. from If You Asked Me To

When you fall into darkness do not spend all your energy and light rather than to remain in darkness,

Life isn't one thing after another, it's the same thing over and over.

It's very heartening to see people who I used to do music with still doing it.

The form [of literature] matters little to me, classical or not.

Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable way to human independence

Even when we get what we wish, it is not ours.

The pure culture is the foundation for all research on infectious disease.

Dogs remember every favor you ever do for them and store those events in a memory bank titled Why My Human Is A God.

The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.