I'd lost myself in the abyss of someone else's tyranny...again.

Everyone wanted me to be the bad boy, the label wanted it, the publicists wanted it, but I was just trying to be myself.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words...they'll destroy my soul.

Tell me why it feels like you're a part of my soul?

Most things in my life are anything but simple--but loving you is. I just do.

I know who you are...I've fallen hard for that person, and I sure as hell am not going to let you fade into your past.

For so long music has been my heart, but now it's you...you're my heart.

I've loved many women...I'm not going to lie to you, but it never works...vanity always gets in the way.

The appreciation of your success will only come with your perseverance.

I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me.

It's weird how people hate getting older.

People don't live nowadays: they get about ten percent out of life.

When something disappointing happened, my mother would remind me not to let that become my focus. There's still so much to be grateful for.

A good calculator does not need artificial aids.

I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately.

[A] person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart.

With me, as a town clerk or city manager, there are certain things that I'm supposed to do - if I don't do them, then I don't deserve to continue in this post.

Look for companies with high profit margins.