If you wrote something, you deserve to get paid and recognized for your work. No one should take a bow with another man's hat.

Stand up for what you know is right.

A young songwriter shouldn't think he or she doesn't stand a chance because someone has big corporate people behind him. Never look at it like that.

God has been with me in my whole career.

I was put here to sing.

I'll sing as long as I can because I enjoy doing that. I enjoy the fans and what I do. I love the traveling and the hotels and just seeing the world over and over again.

Unfathomable mind: now beacon, now sea.

I don't know what God intends, or what qualifies Him to forgive me, ' Sobran said

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

You don't need organized religion to connect with the universe. Often a church is the only place you can go to find peace and quiet... But it shouldn't be confused with connecting with one's spirit.

I've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.

I feel like it's really kind of a sit-down album, much in the same way I imagine Billie Holiday or someone sitting down in the studio and singing.

I've always been a bit insecure about my smile, but its days like these where all I wanna do is smile.

I've always felt somewhat out of place with other kids my own age", said River. "I was constantly reminded by people's reaction to our names and our diet that we seemed weird to them.

I feel like I have things to say. And that's what I'm looking forward to.

Usually if nobody hates a piece, nobody loves it, either; and a magazine which sets itself the goal of provoking thought is not doing its job if everybody agrees with what it does.