I guess it's easier to get things made when you know the story you want to tell, you know the characters you want to play, and you know the filmmakers you want to tell them with.

I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.

Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing.

Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.

There's nothing worse than people who want to make you feel better when you are losing. I just want to smack them.

Even when I was a kid, I had this insane head of flaming hair. It looked like a wig.

I have so many friends who have no idea what they want to do. They are out of college and working, but not sure they are doing what they want to do, which is normal.

Everybody has to be responsible for their own actions - and if they do something wrong, I believe in paying for it.

I don't ever take anything for granted.

I feel like I'm exactly where I should be.

Eventually you get bored and you want to work.

Define success by your terms, not by other people’s standards.

Take Care of Yourself First- It’s Easier to Serve Others That Way.

Many call this process 'the destruction of nature.' But it's not really destruction, it's change. Nature cannot be destroyed.

I was forced to make the decision between art and music which are the only two things I liked as opposed to being able to do them both because that's what I was interested in.

The anxiety of falling in love could not find repose except in bed.

Please think about your legacy, because you're writing it every day.

Music actually meant something when I started doing it. Too bad I wasn't mature enough to write anything that meant anything.

I find I always throw limbs here and there in my lyrics. I kind of put my physical self into the songs.

Discipline is not always internalized and actually can breed resentment among children.

As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep you eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole.