Life is too short not to believe in something.

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

On the spending, don't forget bridges and roads. It's like puppies and ice cream - who doesn't like them?

Pain is a common emotion in many of my songs mainly because I often don't know other ways to express it adequately. In my songs I wrestle with the things that I don't understand.

I trust life not because I trust the world, but because I trust the God who lives in my heart.

I'm asthmatic. I was a lot bigger back then, and I still get winded on stage today. But I've learned how to pace it now. I have musical breaks in there.

I think Sarah Palin is amazing. I totally admire her.

The lover never despairs. For a committed heart everything is possible.

One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

Debt and revolution are inseparable as cause and effect.

Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful.