I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses.

A heart that hurts is a heart that works.

Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field.

I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money.

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

The way I see it, all the popular singers are strippers.

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.

I'm not a very good advice-giver.

Not much in the world ends up being the same as it started out, unless of course it had a very short life cycle.

Unapologetically be yourself everyday in every way.

For most people, language is our primary interface with each other and with the external world.

Life is like a rollercoaster. It has ups and downs. But it's your choice to scream or enjoy the ride.

When anger rushes unrestrained to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely.

In America, everybody thinks they're an entrepreneur. That's the problem. It's not a title that anybody should call oneself.

I teach self-reliance, the world's most subversive practice. I teach people how to grow their own food, which is shockingly subversive. So, yes, it’s seditious. But it’s peaceful sedition.

No one sells records anymore. It's all about touring. It's all greatest hits records and box sets. And even those don't sell. People just go online.

Every artist has a central story to tell, and the difficulty, the impossible task, is trying to present that story in pictures

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!