I think I'm a mama's boy who wanted to be a hockey player, who failed, and had to become a singer. I think that I'm a generous, impatient, kind, jerk.

It's a beautiful day, and I can't stop myself from smiling!

I might have to wait. I'll never give up. I guess it's half timing, and the other half's luck. Wherever you are, whenever it's right, you'll come out of nowhere and into my life.

I have a tendency to sabotage relationships; I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts.

There will never be another Frank Sinatra. I never wanted to be another Frank Sinatra. I only wanted to be another Michael Buble.

Sometimes being an artist means knowing when to let someone see something in you that is there that you can't hear or see.

I just don't want people to think I'm too sweet of a boy; and little miss angel boy, because I'm going to get caught doing somebody horrible.

I am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor - a very Canadian sense of humor.

It's all about love. We're either in love, dreaming about love, recovering from it, wishing for it or reflecting on it. That's what this record [Call Me Irresponsible] is about.

I brought in producer Johan Carlsson [Ariana Grande, One Direction, Flo Rida] and asked, "Can you make this better?" And he did.

As I've gotten older and the world has gotten far more complicated .

Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.

Don’t box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You’ll produce either rebels, or very boring people.

I felt significantly insignificant, as if my presence in the world, albeit small, was still necessary.

Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.

I think I stand where that man stands.

When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.

I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees.

The criteria for architecture after the tsunami is humbleness

I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me into if I were on the verge of death-plankton maybe." -Percy Jackson

Accept your teammates for what they are and inspire them to become all they can be.