You have to pick the stories that you want to be involved with and the end game is you'd like to be a part of a hit. But I think your moral obligation is to follow your own heart.

I've always known that I'm a little out of vogue.

I don't give up. I'm a plodder. People come and go, but I stay the course.

I've had moments in my life where it was all out on the table. Everything I had. I'm okay with that, because I had a strong belief that what I was doing other people could believe in it, too, if I can get it just right.

I don't read as much as I'd like. I've been writing a lot. I've been doing a lot of music, but I don't read as much as I should. I just don't.

It's such a cool thing in life to get what it is you want. Most of the time we don't, but occasionally we do.

Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know?