I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn't a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn't deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.

I drive a lot. Just for pleasure. Sometimes I'll get in the Cadillac and drive around the city or the country, kind of trying to get lost basically. Y'know, just see where roads lead.

You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.

Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.

The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.

I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That's three college funds.

If you're a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.

I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend's driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.

I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.

Everyone thinks I'm a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I'll just flip 'em the bird!

I don't like to have everything all worked out in my head because there's always a chance of it coming out different than you think it should anyway.

If I were to live for tomorrow, I would have lived fullest for today.

Mychael Eiliesor. Guardian paladin, sacred protector, master spellsinger, fashion consultant.

There was a point in the late '90s where all the graduating M.B.A.'s wanted to start companies in Silicon Valley, and for the most part they were not actually qualified to do it.

Your wedding is your red carpet moment, and while brides definitely can take some chances with style, you don't want to look like a fad.

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

The attitude you bring to your giving will reflect the benefits you gain.

Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill.

You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.

Studying creativity is not an elite distraction, but provides one of the most exciting models for living.

Remember that the minimum wage law provides no jobs; it only outlaws them; and outlawed jobs are the inevitable result.