You had my heart inside of your hand but you played it to the beat.

If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best..

Sex is the sacred song of the soul; Sex is the sanctuary of Self..

It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time..

I love all things Queen - their songs are epic storytelling..

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee..

And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs..

The sun rose yellow as a lemon.The sky was round and blue.The birds looped clear water songs in the air.Will and Jim leaned from their windows.Nothin….

I don't get mad with people, like, 'Oh, but that's not what the song was about...' It's also nice to know that people are mindlessly dancing to a son….

I think the world likes to pick apart different songs and play doctor with songs sometimes and make them into this big controversial thing..

With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them..

When I was first writing, I used to sit at the piano and play songs - I'd write one or two a night. It was my hobby. At some point, it then became a ….

I met people that I couldn't talk to - they didn't speak Spanish or English - but they knew my songs. That's what I love, the music has gone past whe….

My favorite songs change every year..

WFMU is so experimental that you can go hours without hearing something that resembles an actual song..

I didn't want to be a big record mogul and all that stuff. I just wanted to write songs and make people laugh..

I think, sometimes, artists release music too fast. If you just sit back and listen to the track for a little bit you could pick and choose how you w….

I'd go to the farmers' market in Santa Barbara, and I'd put out my guitar case, and I'd test out these little ditty songs that I would write, and I w….

And I know, There is nothing that I would not do for you, Forever be true, And I know, Although times can be hard We will see it through, I'm ….

I was being musically mentored by a lot of people who were obviously more talented and skilled than I was, and I thought that I would just kind of le….

I think in the same way you find a song that you feel represents the way you feel on the inside, that's for me what fashion is all about. It's sort o….