There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state

That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms.

You make kingdoms and castles on your own.

Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. Everything else is just bullshit.

I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.

When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.

My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or things I've lost, or things I'll never have.

I have my share of insecurities, hopes and fears. My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

I don't think DIY is something that necessarily comes to mind when people hear Third Eye Blind, but that is completely how we've been from the beginning.

Luxury and Ostentation usually make me feel antsy, like I'm going to get a case of gout.

It's important to face down your demons.

Reading is a powerful force that illuminates the darkness. Unfortunately, few have the courage to walk against the world in search of knowledge that transforms reality.

Eat your food slowly and chew each bite completely (20-30 chomps is ideal) to facilitate proper digestion.

I'm not going to go run and hide because I'm catching some heat. I'm not going to stay at home and pout.

It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves one having to bother anyone else with them.

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then liberalism is a form of insanity.

Our internal state determines our experience of our lives; our experiences do not determine our internal state.

The hallmark of addiction is that it changes your brain chemistry. It actually affects that part of your brain that's responsible for judgment.

I don't know many artists who are happy with themselves all of the time.

The saint is hilarious when he is crushed with difficulties because the thing is so ludicrously impossible to anyone but God.

In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons.