Quotes

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you're in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

Its our life and its okay. What we wear or how we swear. How we look or how we sound, there's no changing us around.

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

Kids, you can't cling on to the past. Because no matter how tightly you hold on, it's already gone.

Making students read their poetry assignments in front of the class is a sadistic exercise of public humiliation.

I don't know if you'll remember everything we do here tonight. Cause things pass. Things move along. People get older. But I want you to know, that tonight, there's a point. I'm honest, I'm askin' myself that question all the time; What's the point? What's the point of homework? What's the point of school? What's the point of jobs? What's the point of all those things? What's the point of life? What's the point of music? I don't know if you ever put headphones in pretend like you were the main character of your own movie before. But music can do somethin' to ya. Have you ever seen someone talk on stage before? One time I was at a church and there was a guy talking on stage, and I didn't really know what he was saying but what he was saying seemed to be so epic. And amazing. And probably true, right? But what I realized, well I look over and there's a lady playing the piano underneath his voice. And when you play music underneath someone talking it's like the most amazing thing ever. But when it's stops, it's really awkward when it stops. There's a point. Music can do something to ya. It can make it more emotional. There's a point here tonight. I'm not just playing shit songs. I'm not just playing shows. We wanna do something to you. We wanna create a moment with you. And if you wanna sing out, if you wanna close your eyes. You can do whatever you want. This is your show.

Greg, quando avevo la tua età mi avevano insegnato questo: Signore, dammi la forza per cambiare le cose che posso. Il coraggio per accettare le cose che non posso e la saggezza per capire la differenza.