The idea of The Boy Vs. The Cynic is the tension between the wide-eyed optimism in youthfulness where you think nothing can go wrong, "I've got the world ahead of me. I'm gonna be a go-getter.

Love is God and God is love, no one's below and no one's above.

The world can't take these smiles away.

I'm a perfectionist and I can kill songs because I analyze them too much. For me it takes awhile because I like to do it and then step back and listen and observe.

The good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, etc. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.

I feel love is like a cigarette –you know it is not good for you but by the time you realize, you are so addicted to it that you can't leave it.

I have had the privilege of losing everything.

If you took away music, I wouldnt have a reason to live.

One soweth and another reapeth is a verity that applies to evil as well as good.

I don't think anybody's necessarily ready for death. You can only hope that when it approaches, you feel like you've said what you wanted to say. Nobody wants to go out in mid-sentence.

We're all a nation that believes we're children of the same god.

[The Specials ]was always going to be an underground, underdog kind of movie. But I love when people bring that up, because it's very early, vintage James Gunn.

The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.

There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost inevitably fall into self-parody.