Unless you're a true prodigy, you're going to have to practice for a while being bad before you get any good. And it will seem like a waste of time. I remember that feeling well. But don't worry about wasting time, because it'll be so worth it. It's my experience that in the end, life lessons and guitar lessons begin to blur in all sorts of interesting ways.

If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal

Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.

When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award.

I like to look at the songs like they're little movies.

I'm a last-minute shopper. I end up at the mall or somewhere on Christmas Eve. It's a shame.

Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.