Thankfully I have a fan base that wants to see me, so I really enjoy creating music that is different.

Live life to the fullest, for the future is scarce.

Nobody's perfect, but at the same time, I always try to learn from my mistakes.

I'm an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.

Everybody that I meet inspires me. You can learn so much from any person that you meet any day on the side of the street.

People should be judged on the things they do, not how they look.

Sometimes I shut up cause I'm afraid I don't have anything interesting to tell anyway

Don't ever let anyone else write your story for you.

OH MY GOD! In Thailand, they've got the spiciest food I've ever had in my life!

The ocean does something to me that is unexplainable. Just being out there and realizing im alive.

I used to try to draw my girlfriends. I think one of the most romantic things that anybody can do is draw a portrait of the person you love.

Manuscript rejections might tempt you to quit writing or querying. Don't.

...nothing is more precious than independence and freedom...

The spiritual journey is an adventure of exploration that gradually starts to open up before us when we are ready to begin asking the questions, “Who am I? and “Who are you?

Maman used to say that you can always find something to be happy about.

I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately.

Although crime and corruption decreases within a one-mile radius of a casino, it increases 10 percent within a 35-mile radius by the third year the casino is open.

...,the will of God for your life is pretty straightforward: Be holy like Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, for the glory of God.

I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.

Repentance is a gift of God's grace.

I'm trying to get far away from [picturing God as] Gandalf or Santa Claus.