I can always tell when people have had plastic surgery.

No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

It's better to have three broken engagements than three divorces.

It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up.

I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

L.A. to me feels like music industry, and Nashville to me feels like music community.

I'm standing in the desert, waiting for my ship to come in.

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

If we live in the moment every misery shall fade.

A mindset of gratitude lifts the veil of bitterness and allows you to see beauty and possibility.

It'll be your own torture," he said, serious. "I hope to God it'll torture you to madness.

Everybody is connected to everybody else, all data that can be shared will be shared: get used to it.

America, my country, is almost a continent and hardly yet a nation.

You know, running a restaurant is something you have to be working at each and every day; it's not a foregone conclusion that you're a success.

Meditation does not mean you have to grin every moment of your life, but to learn to let your bones smile.

Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.

If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against hunger and poverty were a real priority for the international community.

God always works with workers and moves with movers, but He does not sit with sitters.