"Reality is something you rise above."

"Being honest may not get you many friends, but it'll always get you the right ones."

"I've got nothing to hide. I'm not ashamed of anything."

"I'm just a guy who writes songs and wants to be happy."

"I'm not saying we're better or greater, or comparing us to Jesus Christ as a person, or God as a thing or whatever it is. I just said 'more popular' and that's the fact."