I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.

I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.

Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.

But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random pink slips.

Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.

Kelly Clarkson is the most adorable person on the planet. She is just so nice.

I think you should, yeah. You should wash your beard, then shave it off, nail it to a Frisbee and fling it over a rainbow.

When I was 15 I lost a tooth and had an implant put in. Cut to 20 years later, I'm doing this part [Andy Bernard] and the script calls for my character to lose a tooth.

What's it like to be on the other side of me?

I think they got it wrong with Saddam Hussein. They thought he had the A-Bomb. Instead he had a bomb.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

I always marvel at the humans' ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces.