I've never feared the unexpected.

I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete.

I can lick my elbow. I know that's supposed to be impossible, but I can do it!

I think the most challenging part of being a performer is just making sure that people know that when you get up there every night, it's unique and that you care.

I've always been a really really big Sheryl Crow fan. I just respect what she does in a way that she just remains true to her music and sort of has just been real. She isn't trying too hard ever.

I am very busy and don't have a lot of down time, but I write my best songs in those situations. I enjoy my life the most when I have a bunch of things going on at the same time.

I always try to be very human in my performances and hang out with my fans. It is cool to be a celebrity, but at the end of the day I want to empower my audience and say, 'Hey, I am just like you.

As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.

I like to perform live like we're all just hanging out in my living room. I'm totally casual and informal on stage.

I think just being on 'One Tree Hill' has given me a lot of confidence.

Music is such a healing thing, no matter who you are.

Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.

Bible study without Bible experience is pointless. Knowing Psalm 23 is different from knowing the shepherd.

He sought...to transform the grief which looks down into the grave by showing it the grief which looks up to the stars.

Whatever you do, be sure to do it well.

I don't care what the American people think, I own the congress!

I was born to be a leader. I love the fact that millions of people look up to me.

I just remind myself that the gifts I have, I've been given for a reason and that every day brings new opportunities to use them.

Thanksgiving is a time of quiet reflection; an annual reminder that God has, again, been ever so faithful. The solid and simple things of life are brought into clear focus.

If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.

I know a doctor who can give you a shot and you'll get over that cold you've got and get better in a day.