Sometimes a homeland becomes a tale. We love the story because it is about our homeland and we love our homeland even more because of the story.

Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath.

I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was.

A true man does what he will, not what he must.

Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness.

A Gentleman is a man who will pay his gambling debts even when he knows he has been cheated.

People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.

Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different on the inside.

The notion of evil for its own sake strikes me as boring -- all these Dark Lords intent on creating wastelands packed with enslaved victims... for what?

As a songwriter it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.