"Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell."

"It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel."

"That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual."

"You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends."

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."

"So many people equate money and success with happiness, especially in the music industry."

"The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it."