I am heartily glad that the trees and plants are still interested in copulatory activities

Shoot for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud.

Loneliness is like being the only person left alive in theuniverse, except that everyone else is still here.

All punk rockers hate Christmas.

George W. Bush attended the intelligence briefing every day. Obama has not even attended half of them. He sends surrogates. That to me is significant.

I am not optimistic, but I've never been optimistic about humankind or America. The evidence never looks good in terms of forces for good actually becoming prominent.

Reality is only a term, based on values and well worn principles, whereas the dream goes on forever.

I want a bigger band with higher highs, a bigger ladder. And I want more bottom - I want an incredible amount of bottom. I want more noise. When I do a rock tune I want it to be so HUGE.

Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it’s more of a cerebral ascent.

With Alzheimer's patients, you have to be very careful what you say when you're looking at them over their bed. Because once in a while, they understand it.

A true sportsman is a hunter lost in the woods and out of ammo.