Beautiful things never last. That’s why fireflies flash.

All of our heartfelt lies Are not enough this time

I was praying that you and me might end up together. It's like wishing for rain as I stand in the desert, but I'm holding you closer than most, 'cause you are my heaven.

I like to talk while I'm on stage. It makes the show more personal. With that said, it's got to stay within reason or it's annoying.

I write for myself; I release the albums to connect with everyone else.

I think it's funny how excited people can get about things I say that don't have anything to do with music. I made a disparaging comment about McDonald's on Twitter once and people flipped out on me.

Being joyous or happy is not something you should feel guilty about.

Most people who have a problem concentrate on the problem. They take it to bed with them and stay awake all night thinking it over. Let go of that problem. Rise above it in consciousness.

I fear we are too much concerned with material things to remember that our real strength lies in spiritual values.

The only way to test a hypothesis is to look for all the information that disagrees with it.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

It is the nature of all hypocrites and false prophets to create a conscience where there is none, and to cause conscience to disappear where it does exist.

Advertising, if it is any good, should help to confirm what already is, not what should be.

I was running around with two guns on my waist like I was Larry Fishburne or something. I wasn't making no money, I was just running around with two guns like Larry Fishburne.

The only just government is the government that serves its citizens, not itself.

A man's country is the world.