I call my wife and talk to my children four or five times a day. I've surrounded myself with great people and friends, plus I'm always willing to make amends.

I was always getting my way. I was always the guy saying yes or no.

There are are some dirty, greedy people out there, and unfortunately I know some.

We live in a crazy time. Every other week, there's a school shooting. There's always some nutty thing and I've always wanted to kind of understand the crazy.

Hysterically funny, amazingly talented people. That's what I think of when I think of Canada. That, and cold beer. And mountains.

I'm not a perfect song writer, but I am song writing problems with dynamics, instrument change and arrangements.

For many people out there in the world, music is the only thing that gives them relief, so it’s awesome to be a part of that tradition.

You kind of have to have a cynical thing sometimes.

I'm just a proud papa and it's nice to get that validation from my colleagues in the industry. You get up, you pull your pants down and you're like, "Here it is!"

I worked with a lot of different, amazing people, but I was always like, "Dude, I'm sorry, you're going to have to trust me, we've got to do it this way!"

I must always march on in my life. What's done is done.

Dreams are fuel for creation.

Be kind, be all sympathy, For each and every human beingIs forced to fight against himself.

The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand still or retrogress.

We all love to sing, and when we sit down to write a song I think it kind of shows itself to us.

Lords of immortality will always fail in the material world.

I don't have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years.

I don't worry about overexposure [in work], I think it's important just to go in, and think about quality work and try to put the best movies out.

The victims of injustice in our world do not need our spasms of passion; they need our long obedience in the same direction - our legs and lungs of endurance; And we need sturdy stores of joy.

Laws are the very bulkwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men.

People talk about wanting amenities - downtown is the amenity.