There is something fascinatingly awkward about an author photo. I'm drawn to those glossy shots in the back of books, mostly because the subjects never look happy to be there.

Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm.

When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate.

When you live in Texas, every single time you see snow it?s magical.

It's sad when our daddies die. Makes us one less person inside.

Live your best and leave the rest

The fear of losing someone you love can turn people inside out.

The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.

Age is not enviable in America. It's not applauded all that strongly. You have to take it all with a grain of salt.

The one thing I know is that if you're not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.

My life is together, both professionally and socially.

Being closed to outsiders made the iPhone reliable and predictable.

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and his own government among the children of men

Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.