“Maybe some are so busy waiting, they forget what indescribable beauty is right there in front of them.”

But I guess of those few scenarios, none of them have been like… I’m not married.

“If by chance you ever feel as though you’ve come to know these songs, please consider yourself a friend because in a manner of speaking, you know me.

Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength

They met by accident.

Time. There is much time left and lots of life seasons. There is much to see, to do, and to be.

The vandal that destroys a window causes not only the owner to bear the costs of replacing it,

Like, if I go to a restaurant and I order food, I always just eat one thing at a time.

It’s been very humbling and very cool to see [that at] each show I tend to see more and more kids lock onto the new lyrics and every night they start to sing louder and louder and it’s just been very exciting.

Tie my handlebars to the stars so I stay on track & if my intentions stray I’ll wrench them away,then I’ll take my leave & I won’t even look back

I’m not so talented at planning things out or having schedules before or sticking to the plan per se

And when you’re a perfectionist little monster, it makes it even harder.

It’s funny how insomnia has a way of hauling faded memories up from the cellar of the mind.

Today I fell asleep reading a book. The book is called INSOMNIA. I win.

I built you a sandcastle because you’re a princess, but I tore it down because I’m a loser.

I’ve definitely had a few moments in my life where I’ve seen somebody and it’s blown me away at first sight

But it’s a blast and I wouldn’t trade the opportunity for all the ice cream sandwiches in the universe.

She stood in front of the mirror a long time, and finally decided she either looked like a sap or else she looked very beautiful. One or the other.

If we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of all Americans; to present to the world one homogeneous and unbroken front, whether of white Americans or black ones or purple or blue or green…

I never looked back there, but she was like, ‘Will you all just shut up!’ And I just got up and moved three rows in front. She was like, ‘What are you doing?!’ I was like, ‘You better get up here! I don’t play the fighting games.’

MTV made a huge impact. Heavy rotation took you from selling 1m albums to 20m albums, and that meant a lot of dough.

I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.

If you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.

I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don’t have anything against that.