“I burned my own damn finger pokin’ someone else’s fire.”

I wear my tears on my sleeves.

If I’m gonna be stuck inside might as well keep it dreamy.

Newsflash: karma’s an even bigger bitch than me.

Say what you think, Love who you love.

Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that’s fine; it’s OK. I don’t want to be the McDonald’s of music.

Too many people focus on writing what they think they should write, what should be in a song, what radio would want.

Creativity happens where it’s dangerous and scary: where you’re not comfortable.

I drink to feel I smoke to breathe Just look what love has done to me.

If I’m not writing about myself, then I sit down with people I really dig writing with and throw ’em out and see if something sticks. Their brain plus mine hopefully will make something interesting and cool and it will just snowball and we’ll have a unique song by the end of it.

Don’t wreck my reputation, Let me wreck my own.

Follow your arrow, Wherever it points.

It’s hard to remember a time when I wasn’t writing.

I know what I want and it gets in my way. I know I’m not easy.

Im all about small towns. I think its a great place to grow up.

A great song will be great forever – it’s timeless and classic in that way.

I know not every song has to be a powerful message.

Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.

The strings to our past are burned because we need a new beginning.

The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.

Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.

Everyone knows their true calling – it’s burning inside them.

Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets — ‘piccoli segreti’ — that are simmering on the burners.

If I am burning ablaze, passion ignited his love is the sun.

Where there is desire there is going to be a flame where there is a flame someones bound to burned just because it burns doesn’t mean your going to die you gotta get up and try, try, try