“I just gotta not suck; which is hard, considering exactly who I am.”

Plant trees you know you will never sit under the shade of.

Life is hard, should you be too?

That’s cool and all but also screw you.

“The most amazing thing isn’t that I’ve helped people or that I’ve saved lives, I hear that all the time. I still doubt that, but the most amazing thing is that you guys saved me.”

You do you, I’ll do me, and we won’t do each other. Probably.

Even people you hate deserve opinions. And sometimes they’re going to have better ideas than yours. Keep an open mind to everyone.

Never give up, no matter what may set you back, and know that at the end of the road, you’re going to have something that you can be proud of.

You’re not alone in anything that you’ve done.

All your life, you’ll meet people that only want to break you down. Forget them, stand strong with the people who build you up.

Sometimes, you just have to follow your own path.

It’s not like I’m trying not to be worse! I’m trying to be gooder!

Don’t go for the booty if it kills you.

What I do is temporary, but what I leave behind is forever.

You have to start by believing in yourself.

Together, we make two halves of a whole idiot.

Tell the person next to you that they look nice today. If you are alone, tell yourself.

The world can’t tell you who you are. You’ve just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.

I mean, we’re always trying to evaluate and tweak things and get better.

I am human like everyone else. I am aware that there are people who look up to me. When mistakes are made, they aren’t intentional, and I constantly push myself to be a better person.

To be honest, I think about the clubs when I write. But I should probably start thinking about stadiums, because the songs sound even better there – and bigger.

We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.

I’m working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still.

The fact that I get to do what I love and 14 years in, I’m still doing it – I don’t know how anything could get better.

I don’t like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.