People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.

My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it.

Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding