All these child stars grow up and they're knockin' over banks and getting prostitutes. I'm, like, one of the only people I know that has managed to dodge all of that negative crap.

I really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward.

I'm a shepherd, not a sheep, and I've always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower.

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.

It pisses me off, people are idiots, but what are you going to do? The world is full of idiots. That's why we'll never have flying cars. People don't know how to drive

You've got Corey Feldman doing his thing, and the problem is, they're trying to be pop stars. You can't compare Salty to any of the other actors out there playing music

I'm left handed, but my dad taught me to play guitar right-handed.

I don't think you can ever make enough to be set for life. Well, I guess there are limits. In the billions, I guess.

I'm the guy who will eat something that looks nice when I'm out, but when I take it home in a doggie bag, it'll sit in the back of my refrigerator until it starts to move.

I'm not a big radio guy, I don't listen to whatever is the hip new thing.

I don't know who's worse with little boys, Mario or Michael Jackson.

FEAR is always about the FUTURE, felt in the PRESENT based on the PAST!

We write, not because we claim to know more than others, but perhaps because we want to know more than others. Writers are explorers

Just this once, ’ he says almost more to himself than to me. ‘Just one moment.’ Then he leans down and kisses me.

God is not remote from us. He is at the point of my pen, my (pick) shovel, my paint brush, my (sewing) needle - and my heart and thoughts.

I never camped as a kid, but I really got into camping and sleeping outdoors. I've also done some amazing river floats in New Mexico and Idaho. It's peaceful and awesome.

My history is long, and not much of it is good. I can't erase it, but I'm determined not to make another mistake. Not when the stakes are high, not when it comes to you.

I seem to vaguely remember a time when America had confidence. And guts. And soldiers fighting a war didn't need to be given "permission" to defend themselves from enemies trying to kill them.

Fundamentally, I have no idea how the world works, though I am trying to figure it out.

I have a bunch of albums I would love to get re-released.

Healthcare is growing now at about 10 per cent per annum in the U.S. top line, versus 3 per cent for the economy. As someone with a sharp pencil and an eye for this kind of thing, this can't last.