I let down my guard and my heart was as good as gone.

I may be a real bad boy, but baby I'm a real good man.

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background.

There ain't no troubles that we can't rise above, with a handful of faith and a heartful of love.

When you touch and change peoples lives with a song, that's when you've made it as an artist

When all is said and done, I'd never count the cost. It's worth all that's lost, just to see you smile.

Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade, but the memory of a first love never fades away.

Art's for art. Money's for pizza.

I don't know where I'd be without you here with me. Life with you makes perfect sense. You're my best friend.

I still got a few more dances with the devil...

When everybody contributes a change to what he or she notices, it is then we will change our world.

The hermit Anthony once told me that a monk is like a fish: take him out of his element and he dies. Silence is his element. In silence you can trade this shoddy world for Heaven.

And let us mind faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair.

What the hell difference does it make?

Small children and unruly people who are demanding attention.

The United States being in Asia is unambiguously a good thing for the region.

If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it. Now.

Because Vietnam was not a declared war, the veterans are not even eligible for the G. I. Bill of Rights with respect to education or anything.

You have to make rough decisions with sequencing and work within the limitations of having good audio for 15 minutes on a vinyl side.

A few times in my life I've had moments of clarity where the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think.