I'm sick of being known as the sexy guy that writes great songs.

Music is good when it makes you dance. Music is great when it makes you who you are

When we realize how little we mean to the universe, we realize how important we are to each other

In leaving negativity behind, you find something beautiful.

You’ve got to not only love yourself for who you are with all your mistakes, but you’ve got to love the world for what it can bring you if you have the right attitude

'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is the best movie for a guy like me. A cerebral adventure. A moving story. A bunch of little green men.

I've masturbated like 5 times in the last 24 hours... it hurts... it's going to fall off.

I think dreams hold a lot of meaning. I believe that if the universe is truthfully infinite then there are infinite possibilities for dreams to be happening somewhere out there.

Life is a search for yourself.

Do what you like and do it honestly.

There are far too many people out there who take themselves too seriously.

The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.

My aunt in Knoxville would bring newspapers up, which we used for toilet paper. Before we used it, we'd look at the pictures.

"Weese," she would whisper, first of all. "Dunsen, Chiswyck, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling. The Tickler and the Hound. Ser Gregor, Ser Armory, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, King Joffrey, Queen Cersei."

No matter what the subject, the subject is always love.

Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatever.

Serious rational criticism is so rare that it should be encouraged. Being too ready to defend oneself is more dangerous than being too ready to admit a mistake.

Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined.

I've dated a couple of guys who were awesome, and the celebrity part of my life and the traveling part are hard to get around. You never get to see each other, especially if you're both musicians.

And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic Communion I can become an instrument of God's mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God.

The ego does not, cannot live in the present, because the present is real and the ego is false - they never meet.