I want to be like Ben Folds. Everyone loves his music, but you could be sitting next to him on a plane and never know it." "I would much rather people know my music than know my name.

I don't need to get paid. I just wanna open. I just wanna get in front of new people.

Everything that could be said already has; I'm just trying to say it differently.

To me, there are 3 parts of the album process: writing, recording, and my favorite part: getting to sing the songs with the fans every night.

I'm sort of a traditionalist usually. I love old soul music and The Beatles; I realized I was sort of trying to make music sometimes that fit into an era that's gone.

It's always weird when I meet people who don't know how to crack crabs open and eat them the right way. I take a lot of pride in my crab-eating ability.

I think my music tastes keep changing, so I think the music I make changes a little bit.

I like to talk to the crowd on stage. I don't like going to a concert and feeling like the people on stage don't care whether or not I'm there.

I think the biggest thing is that I have fun with the fans on Twitter and Instagram and at the show. It's a fun time to be able to communicate with all the different types of social media stuff.

I love sports. If I could be a baseball player I would. I just am not good at it at all.

When you love life passionately, a cloud of beauty floats above, adding an array of wonders to even the worse of days.

When you commune with your ever-present inner calm, you are released from the madness and pain of all outer turmoil.

The Prerequisite of any "Success Story" is the decision to commit in giving up your own soul to the Journey that you are about to start.

The universe is not hostile nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.

Know not to revere human things too much.

Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor.

I feel it is a blessing, a duty, an honor, that we give the love that we have, and we share the lives that we have with our fullest heart.

I was at work but my soul wasn't there, my body was there but I wasn't connecting to what I was doing. Eventually I decided to get out of there and do something I believe in.

The downfall of democratic institutions in Russia doesn't add to the self-confidence of either [Vladimir] Putin or his friends, as the loss of power could lead to repercussions in Russian society.

I've discovered special makeup by a company called M.A.C. You could wear it on the surface of the sun and it wouldn't move.