I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do.

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.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

If we had no winter the spring would not be so pleasant.

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.

Eccentric doesn't bother me. 'Eccentric' being a poetic interpretation of a mathematical term meaning something that doesn't follow the lines - that's okay.

Death is not the worst sorrow.

Brotherly love is still the distinguishing badge of every true Christian.

I'd date a fan as long as she didn't scream in my face.

It's a safe bet that someone who tells you you need to calm down has never actually seen you when you needed to calm down.

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.

The bottom line of any country is: what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong.