“You can’t be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you’re gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation.”

She kissed me just right, like only a lonely angel can.

Don’t take yourself too seriously. And take yourself as seriously as death itself.

It’s a fairytale so tragic there’s no prince to break the spell. I don’t believe in magic, but for you I will.

Being an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession.

Now everyone dreams of a love faithful and true, But you and I know what this world can do. So let’s make our steps clear so the other may see. And I’ll wait for you…should I fall behind wait for me.

Show a little faith there is magic in the night. You ain’t a beauty, but hey you’re alright, and that’s alright with me.

The first thing that I do when I come out every night is to look at the faces in front of me, very individually.

All people have is hope. That’s what brings the next day and whatever that day may bring. A hope grounded in the real world of living, friendship, work, family.

At the end of every hard day, people find some reason to believe.

The school system only recognizes one type of intelligence. There are so many different types of intelligence.

Music doesn’t tell you where to go. It says, go find your own place. That’s what it told me.

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.

A man armed with a rhyming dictionary is a dangerous man.

I’m ready to grow young again.

I’m ready to grow young again.

I’m ready to grow young again.

Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty.

I’m not afraid of anything. That’s just the way I am.

But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.

You were so afraid of my voice I decided to be afraid of it too.

If you’re afraid – don’t do it, – if you’re doing it – don’t be afraid!

The change you’re afraid of could be the start of better days.

Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.

It is a part of the human experience to feel pain do not be afraid to open yourself to it.