If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the most important part of a song.

May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground.

I kind of like being depressed.

There’s always some level of optimism in every single song.

It takes a lot to still believe in people.

Running in Central Park is my favorite thing to wake up and do. I have my own specific path that I have to run every single time. There's a little bit of OCD involved, but I love it.

I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations.

But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.

If I wasn't a musician I'd probably be like a meth addict.

I try and get about eight hours of sleep every single night. And I like to think that I drink more water than anyone, ever.

I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs.

The lawyer's world is entire unto itself, the human pared away.

We only have one life to live, and must go on with it to the end, that if we feel it is meaningless, then we ourselves must give it meaning.

I only translate authors whose work already interests me as a reader, and that's a decision I make based on multiple encounters with an author's work.

In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don't think about music. They're not concerned with it. They don't take their musical legacy seriously.

I have never been So insulted in all my life I could swallow the seas To wash down all this pride First you run like a fool Just to be at my side And now you run like a fool But you just run to hide.

And for REO - they get to play for some Styx fans and then we get to play in front of some REO fans. It helps spread the new music to the following of other bands.

[sam] Kinison, when he started out, he'd come to Canada when I was first starting, and he'd always [bomb].

Happy is the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in all things!

If you have a big problem in your life, all that means is that you are being a small person!

I am tied down with single words. But you wander off; you slip away; you rise up higher, with words and words in phrases.