We call an obsession with having someone's approval 'co-dependency;' the Bible's word for it is idolatry. A country can be an idol. A family can be an idol.

I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums, and some really good albums. I'm proud of what I've done. In fact, it's been a...

I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild.

I pick the wrong kinds of guys, but they're so hot.

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!

I don't know why anybody would be in awe of me.

I don't know if I would do this if I had to start over again.

I am a criminal. Coming to terms with this aspect of my identity has helped me to see more clearly - with blinders off - the ways in which I have been encouraged not to feel any connection to 'them,'...

Although, I think you look back and you try to learn from your mistakes.

Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's...

I stopped living according to my core values. I knew what I was doing was wrong but thought only about myself and thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to.

I'm not that interesting of a person.

I used to love the idea of being in love, even though I hadn't been in love before.

We are incredibly poor predictors of our future.

I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.

Every word I write I suspect the next day.

We see the worst versions of ourselves - things we did or could have done - in the characters who inspire us.

People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.

When I look back, I don't have regrets. In the moment I am really, really hard on myself, I'm definitely my own worst critic and can be my own worst enemy, and I'm trying very hard not to be that.

I thought it would be interesting to write a song about a lonely person who is scared to see the truth that is right in front of him. I thought it would be interesting if you could watch yourself from...

Hindsight is the most dangerous thing imaginable for me. I imagine that's the case for most filmmakers. And I would love to be a filmmaker who was an exception to that rule, but I'm certainly not.

In most of our situations in life, if we take a good honest look at our lives, we are holding to small, limiting thoughts, cynical thoughts.

My music asks people to think critically, so how can I get upset when people think about me critically?

Why is it a badge of honour to say you spent 15 years in AA ball?

I've had this reoccurring dream for the last ten to fifteen years.

Instead of blaming everyone and everything else for your problems, pray for God to help you take an inventory of what's been on your mind so you can think about what you've been thinking about.

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

I might have had too many friends in my twenties.

I'm not the easiest person in the world to be partners with. I'm never home. I'm constantly running around the world. I can be impatient. I have a temper. I'm, like, self-obsessed. I'm irritable,...

I love people. I enjoy people.