Photography is humbling, it really is, and it really allows for me to atone for some of the missteps I've made throughout the course of my life.

For me, the stars are the invisible people on the street that people don't really get a chance to know.

What I strive to do through my work, is to teach compassion. You need to have a lot of it, in this day and time, and it's lacking.

The images of war inspired me to create, to go to different situations and communities, to document the human side of people, to show a side that we don't see.

When you look at my photos, just look into the eyes of my subjects. The eyes say so much.

The photograph is to a great degree evidence of the conversation I had with the person. It's a part of my visual diary.

I place myself in situations where a lot of people are going to be, and bring a particular body of work that reflects the people already there. You have to study your subject.

Sometimes we are just divided, but we still, for the most part, we have similar hopes and dreams.

I think that's what the war photography did for me. It showed me the human side of people and how certain circumstances can change people's lives.

For the most part, as a society, we are not happy with ourselves.

My camera is my compass; it's guided me to so many different places.

In this world we are all pretenders, and Society is our game

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.

We all have our pet things that we like to get religious about.

When Evanescence took time off, I bought a big concert harp and started taking lessons like I was in high school again, which was really, really fun. I felt like I was learning again.

I am patient with my needs, kind with my words, and respectful of my soft places.

It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though.

Who's got the most heartbreaking voice? I don't know. Tough question.

I think that I'm throwing but I'm thrown

O, you have torn my life all to pieces... made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!

My platform might be a little bigger than someone else's, but everyone has a purpose. For me, that purpose in my life right now is soccer. There's a cool, personal testimony that goes along with it.