The great thing about "Shoot 'Em Up, Baby" is that it's the first song that we went and recorded [with Andy Kim].

We do have to remain true to the idea of honesty within what you want to do.

There's nothing better than striving to be a better man.

Everybody has their own ways of wanting to do things.

You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people are listening.

I wanted to make a very cohesive-sounding album. Anyone who has listened to me and brought me into their living rooms and their bedrooms - I am making this for them.

As an artist, expectations are basically your enemy. If you're truly making something to make it, then you're not thinking about anything else except what you're making.

Obviously, everyone loves someone who appreciates you and puts you on a pedestal.

The new solo album sounds like me: I'm singing about bad business transactions, bodily fluids, and courage.

Being off the road is one of the greatest things ever. It's hard for me to be around my friends who are on the road.

I am 36 years old, I can't change. I have tried, trust me, but I can't. It's nice to get over yourself and just do it.

Sunglasses are more useful to a blind man than freedom of speech is to a man who does not think for himself.

There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad.

The balancing act is challenging at times.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

If you are asking whether states and state actors can only respond through revenge, then you are suggesting that diplomatic solutions are hopeless.

A place where we all go can't be bad.

I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.

I've dreamed about performing songs, songs that don't even exist, as a complete song.

The matter of international relations is very subtle and exquisite.

Compassion becomes an automatic reaction when you see all of humanity as one undivided and indivisible family.