I can make beleive I have everything, but I can't pretend that I don't see that without you in my life is complete.

Hickory dickory dock, I just want to be your clock. Just set me for a lifetime, and I'll wake you up every morning.

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.

No genre of music is better than another, whether it's country, hip-hop, trap, classical, whatever. It's all music.

I tried to make a honky-tonk country record - rough-hewn, cut fast, and all analog - like I wasn't hearing anymore.

It's a long road, so we are just trying to stay focused and grounded and keep moving forward. I'll take it, though.

There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!

What I've learned is not to change who you are, because eventually you're going to run out of new things to become.

I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.

I think your life is full of first loves because every time you love someone new, you love them in a different way.

I need that unexplainable spark. I need to see someone and feel 'oh-oh'. It's only happened a few times in my life.

I'm interested in Jackson Pollock's kind of art, where art is beautiful, but it's nothing, and yet it's incredible.

I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions.

One of the most important things about social media is knowing when to put the phone down and experience your life.

I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage.

I was just getting tired of the image bullshit...that man of mystery trip and what have you. What's that all about?

I have seen without perceiving I have been another man Let me pierce the realm of glamour So I know just what I am.

I like to hear what other people's interpretations are, because people come up with things I'd never thought about.

There's always reasons to make mistakes. Because then you do new mistakes next time. So they're beautiful mistakes.

I think love keeps on changing every day. It’s not black and white and it’s definitely more than 50 shades of grey.

Love is the thing that you pursue because it's the thing that gives you all this life, or you believe that, anyway.

I'm based here in L.A., but I think in the future I might consider settling down in Malaysia when I start a family.

I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.

As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.

I was charmed by a performance given by Crowded House at Toronto's Massey Hall where the bass player broke a string.

It is really weird, things have just been crazy. Everything has happened so quickly I haven't had a chance to think.

Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.

Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over.

I've always had something about parking lots at night. They have a special appeal I think many people can relate to.

You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to any of your heroes. Become what you wish to be.

I think I'm genuinely sincere, and that's what hopefully makes it work. I take that very seriously when I'm writing.

We get a little further from perfection each year. I think that's called character. I think that's just how it goes.

Growing up I felt like my nose was big. I was always like, 'I'm going to get a nose job one day'. I'm glad I didn't.

Real pain hurts so bad. When you've gone through something and you've overcome it, you're able to heal other people.

The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.

I've gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.

Death Cab is a militantly analog band. We'll continue moving forward with our sound, but there will be no crossover.

To set the record straight for the God knows millionth time, we certainly didnt sign to Atlantic just for the money.

They say time will make all this go away. But it's time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.

Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD's on and hit play and random things come out.

I don't care about the fact that a dogs place is not in a bed - the closer they are to me, the more beautiful it is.

You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards.

Nature hasn't gone anywhere. It is all around us, all the planets, galaxies and so on. We are nothing in comparison.

I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend's driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.

If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much.

Here I am, on the road again. There I am, up on the stage. Here I go, playing star again. There I go, turn the page.

When we started out, there was so much cash involved that it attracted an element you'd rather not do business with.

I keep living life as it's dealt to me. Sometimes, it's not dealt 100 percent. Sometimes it's dealt on the low '30s.

Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world.

People come up to me all the time who saw Dad in 'Oklahoma!' or 'Pajama Game,' and they say they'll never forget it.

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