I'm not a spiritual person at all, but I do think that the world doesn't have to be as lonely as it is.

If you wrap yourself in daffodils I will wrap myself in pain...

There is nothing more important you can ever do for this world than to wake up and be a part of it.

Got no place to go, but there's a girl waitin' for me down in Mexico. She got a bottle of tequila, a bottle of gin, and if I bring a little music, I could fit right in.

If you've never stared off into the distance, then your life is a shame.

Sometimes the world seems like a big hole. You spend all your life shouting down it and all you hear are echoes of some idiot yelling nonsense down a hole.

A long December and there's reason to believe, maybe this year will be better than the last.

That's where the songs come from: that's what I'd most want people to understand. What sounds good or looks good, that's nothing. The only worthwhile thing in art is seeing someone else's heart.

I've been playing music most of my life.

I'm really good in pain. I snapped my leg in half on stage and played a whole show. But I can't sit there with someone that loves me.

It's always music first, or melody and words together, but never words first.

The boring parts don't last forever. In retrospect, they aren't even boring.

If the world loves you, then you should question your relationship with Jesus Christ.

I have admired W.C. Fields since the day he advanced upon Baby LeRoy with an ice pick. Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

We must not look at the past with the enormous condescension of posterity.

The hand that gives, gathers.

I never have no trouble with my rubber girl.

The external appearance of any construction projects that are created during the time of the National Socialist Reich must take on the sensibility of our time.

Sunsets in themselves are generally superior to sunrises; but with the sunset we appreciate images drawn from departed peace and faded glory.

When you're centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.