Not all the songs are real events, but I do write about stuff that is close to my heart and it comes out one way or another.

You gotta lean towards the things that make you like yourself. Forget everything else.

It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody and that is the way I write.

I became at peace with the darkness or the personality that I have. I am usually pretty funny and happy.

I drink wine on stage to sort of loosen my grip on reality a little.

My parents know that I have always been sort of a dark melodramatic kid, so they were never concerned.

A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song.

I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake.

Maybe because I have spent too much of my life in rock clubs. I don't really go to parties anymore either. I'll usually be in the bus by 11:30 after a show.

I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.

Live on coffee and flowers. Try not to worry what the weather will be.

Just the thought of you fills my heart with love.

There is no greater treasure than a husband who models godliness before his wife and children on a daily basis.

There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia.

History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been.

Virtue consists in avoiding vice, and is the highest wisdom. [Lat., Virtus est vitium fugere, et sapientia prima.]

I'm conscious about what I wear, whether it's a game or an event.

Never let too much criticism or too much praise get in your way.

Only those in comfortable circumstances think love is the most important thing.

It's hard to pull apart empathy from compassion. What is really clear is that we innately care for other people at least to some extent.

The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only contents but also of 'correct thinking.'