I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind.

Don't try to change Doofus, let Doofus change you.

The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect, So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time, A garden to nurture and protect It's a measure of a life The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect, The way you live, the gifts that you give In the fullness of time, It's the only return that you expect

With people too, you constantly think, "If I'm nice to people and treat them well, they'll appreciate it and behave better." They won't, but it's still not a bad way to live.

Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.

People don't realize the limitations of 200 words, and the way they get chiselled down into a song that has to be sung.

All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted. Not so boldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty.