Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing.

I'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility.

People get upset and it becomes an excuse to treat other people a certain way,but if you really step back, you realize what you've left behind.

Nowadays, you have to sell, like, half a million or a million records just to break even.

Blending is just like writing lyrics or finishing up the song, rearranging and arranging.

I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes.

Standing above the crowd, He had a voice so strong and loud And I swallowed his façade 'cause I'm so Eager to identify with Someone above the ground, Someone who seemed to feel the same, Someone prepared to lead the way, with Someone who would die for me.