A lot of things are yours, America

History isn’t something you study. It’s something you should just know.

America, there’s no question that you’ve had my heart from the beginning. By now you have to know that

All I knew was, even if she wasn't mine, I wanted to leave her with a smile.

It hurt me to be away from him. Some days I went crazy wondering what he was doing. And when I couldn't handle it, I practiced music. I really had Aspen to thank for me being the musician that I was. He drove me to distraction. And that was bad.

The Angeles air was quiet, and for a while I laid still, listening to the sound of Maxon breathing.

The best people all have some kind of scar.