“Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse”

You have to do what you believe in.

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.

Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.

If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.

If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.

I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.

I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.

These eyes weren’t made for crying, this love wasn’t made to waste. These arms weren’t made for battle, but to share in your embrace.

I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.

There’s only one proper way a song should go, but you’ve got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise.

I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.

Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you’re alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.

Children come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.

People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.

As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery

I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.

But I want to be the first back to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.

Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn’t worry about the consequences.

The first time I went inside a plane, I was 15 years old and I had so much fun.

The devil gives the best first and the worst last, but the Lord saves the best for last.

In the first place the family provides society with an orderly means of reproduction,

First Corinthians 6:20 says ‘For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.’

When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone.

I used to be very shy. When I first started, I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini.