You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.
Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been.
Twitter is the ultimate service for the mobile age - its simplification and constraint of the publishing medium to 140 characters is perfectly complementary to a mobile experience.
You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me.
Fear is that thing that keeps you up there on that other plateau. Fear is that thing that just keeps you closed down, and quite frankly, alone.
Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone... than I ever have before.
I'm single, footloose and fancy free, I have no responsibilities, no anchors. Work, friendship and self-improvement, that's me.
Faith is not a rational thing, and yet to understand the universe, rationality alone will not give it to us. Our understanding of the universe must transcend the rational.
It's very hard to write a song alone. It's only by jamming that you can get a song together.
No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, and it's always best not to do this alone!
My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.
As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.
My mom, the fabulous Bertie Kinsey, is an amazing seamstress. She quilts and sews and is so crafty. We call her the Southern Martha Stewart!
When I was little, I saw the play 'Les Miserables' on Broadway, I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.
Getting 'SNL' was pretty amazing, so just to be able to have an eight-year career there and be really happy with everything I did, it was pretty big.
I really like the stuff that Showtime puts out. I think that 'Homeland' is phenomenal. I think 'Dexter' is amazing.
I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five years in Las Vegas have been amazing.
The good Lord is amazing; He opens up doors. I was close to abandoning the dream, and He was like, 'Hey, slow down there, buddy.'
Most New Yorkers want to look amazing, and they want you to understand that they look amazing, but they also want you to stop staring at them.
Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral.
Social media is an amazing tool, but it's really the face-to-face interaction that makes a long-term impact.
