I'm as happy as I can be-but I have been happier.

And the world suddenly appeared to me as such an awfully large place, with I so totally alone in it that I could have cried from the bottom of my heart.

To make yourself something less than you can be - that too is a form of suicide.

When I doubt that I exist, I pinch myself.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

I don't think rock 'n roll is necessarily a young man's game. I think Neil Young is just as rock'n'roll now as he was in his 20s. I'd like to think we can still be edgy and challenging.

Changing a college curriculum is like moving a graveyard-you never know how many friends the dead have until you try to move them!

PROMISE YOURSELF To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

The 20th century was the century of war and blood. The 21st century is the century of dialogue.

I am glad it's [California novel] resonated with people because, for me, most apocalyptic novels aren't scary, because they feel so very far off.

I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.