Music is fun. It should be fun. And that's the key, I think. Keep it as the thing you love.

I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.

I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

When angry, count to Zen.

This Christmas may you courageously venture - toward each new and unfolding horizon.

I'm sure a lot of people out there make mistakes.

If we all helped one person, wouldn't the world be an unbelievable place?

We are plain quiet folk, and I have no use for adventures. Nasty, disturbing, and uncomfortable things.

Journalists always like an excuse for why are they talking about something now when they didn't talk about something a week ago. They always like to say something is new.

I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.

In boxing, you never know who you're going to face in the ring.

Search for the secret stairs of the wise men; when you find them, lose no time to start ascending!

At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.