I am in deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend [George Michael] - the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart goes out to his family and all of his fans.

There's a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.

Don't let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, 'till we find our place, on the path unwinding.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was definitely the start of it for me.

But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

Don't judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same

Live for each second without hesitation

Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, 'that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.'

Better to build a bridge than a wall.

Never fear Love's absence in your life, because it already exists within you, in great abundance.

I swear I have at least one good song idea a day. But if I don't get pen to paper in ten seconds, it's gone forever.

Fate cannot be sidestepped or outrun.

Agony is truth its our connection to the living I accept it as perfection and keep on existing in the now

The best title of the [professing] church of God today, in my judgment, is 'Unbelieving Believers.'

I think you've got to take your time and make sure you're making choices that are smart for you.

Your task it is, amid confusion, rush, and noise, to grasp the lasting, calm and meaningful, and finding it anew, to hold and treasure it.

I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.

I probably shouldn't admit this since I work in the tech industry, but I still prefer reading paper books.