I like to write when I feel I'm the real me.

I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.

I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.

Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.

I think good art does come from a dark place.

My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.

Once I discovered music, I knew what I wanted to do.

If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around.

If you want something you just have to see it and believe in it and not take no for an answer.

One learns wisdom from sorrow, but pleasure is one of the fruits of wisdom.

My heart is not available for hurt.

What is it with you and that book?"Rafael laughed. "We have a personal relationship.

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

The interests of childhood and youth are the interests of mankind.

In so many ways, forces unleashed in response to the Movement have come to dominate our politics, and technology is allowing the same injustices to be seen anew.

I don't represent large corporations and I don't want their money.

The final solution for unemployment is work.

A star can never die. It just turns into a smile and melts back into the cosmic music, the dance of life.