I don't believe that songwriting has to be profound, but I truly believe that it's a crime for you to go outta your way for it not to be.

Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.

America's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as a society, we are even interested in that concept anymore.

I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me.

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.

What's important is you wake up in the morning and something doesn't exist, and when you finish you day's work something is in the world that wasn't there before.

Common sense comes not just from knowledge, but also from wisdom.

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

She continues to do her best to inspire and make others smile with her attitude of "it can always get better.

Play is not only our creative drive; it's a fundamental mode of learning.

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Dont trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.

Listen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction.

And what did you do last night, Dexter? Oh, I played with my dolls while a friend chopped up my sister.

Since I've retired, I eat less, weigh less, train less and care less.

Unborn children can experience pain even more so than adults as the baby has more pain receptors per square inch than at any other time in its life.

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a woman it; it would be, I think a cow.