It's hard to deny talent. If you're good, you're good.

I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis on getting good grades.

My family was all musicians. We jam all the time.

Kids think books are cool, especially when they see that people they think books are cool are reading.

My world on the road always ends up feeling really small which is ironic because that's when I'm seeing the most places and meeting the most people!

Education is one of the most important tools that you can give somebody.

It's like a dream sometimes, a song just pops into your head and you can't tell if it's something you heard or it's new and you got to write it down.

I've been really lucky to have a lot of cool people and to be around a lot of cool celebrities that I've got to learn from.

Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. It just seems kind of lame.

I never was strutting through the hallways like, "Yeah, I'm a singer/songwriter." That's never a cool thing to do - to be the brooding guy.

I can't figure out why fans keep coming, maybe it's because they dig the songs.

Progress is made by the improvement of people, not the improvement of machines.

When you love someone, show them in words AND deeds. To hear you're loved is nice but to feel loved is incredible.

Some of us are born to live and to fight, Echo. Others are born to fight for their right to live. When those two collide, there’s hell to pay.

It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core.

The wrong side of the tracks is livelier.

You're responsible for yourself. You messed up your life, and it's up to you to fix it. No one else is going to do it for you -- for any of you.

Black women have been cultured to compare not connect.

If the invaders reach Iran, the country will turn into a burning hell for them.

When a government official says a problem has been "contained," pay no attention.

The leverage and influence social media gives citizens are rapidly spreading into the business world.