I was definitely a choir and theater geek.

I think its so cool that you can pick up the guitar and create something that didn't exist 5 minutes ago. You can write something that no ones ever heard before. You have music at your fingertips.

I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't have to do that as much.

When I'm having a bad day, I pick up my guitar.

I feel connected to whatever is out there.

I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least Id know that I tried.

I was drifting away like a drop in the ocean, and now I realize that nothing has been as beautiful as when I saw heaven's skies.

I have a pirate fetish-I just always thought eye patches were sexy. If you want to get my attention, wear a pirate outfit.

Eventually my goal is get a place in Ojai where I can have animals and a big garden. Just drink wine all day and hang in my garden.

Something about the way you looked at me made me think for a moment that maybe we were meant to be .

I put myself into character for my songs.

If a man is not aware of the existence of the moon, what can the moon do for him except continue sending its lights upon him?

My mum was a music teacher. I've got three sisters, and we all played instruments when we were kids.

If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.

I want to be part of the generation that stops AIDS.

Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.

Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.

One Tree Hill was a great learning opportunity for me, and Im excited to go and apply that elsewhere and see where I end up.

The point of all this is to be able to spend more time at the beach!

It's interesting that the worse things get, the more we believe the next technological fix is going to get us out of it. But it's like being in quicksand: the more you struggle the deeper you sink.

The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.