I think a good song is a good song is a good song.

True contentment comes with empathy.

Weave me a rope that will pull me through these impossible times.

I think quite a lot of people have a friendship or a love that's gone like that and it never quite reconciles properly.

Walking beside you I want for nothing.

Why can't you write a great pop song when you are 85? Maybe you can.

I can't help it if I stretch the truth, not if that's the way it happened.

I'm a live performer and I love playing live.

Just like any songwriter, I love it when people sing my songs.

I've got kids now and they will constantly pull you into the here and now - they are very present and very vivid.

Sometimes expecting too much lands you nowhere in life..

Maybe we should remember that logic constructs a box that is far too small for wonder to take up residence in. Therefore, the crucial question is, ‘Will we choose to live there if wonder cannot?

Life is partly what we make it and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

The Body Is Very Important, But The Mind Is MORE Important Than The Body

I had a story-telling mother; she's written novels and short stories. So I feel like maybe I'm staying alive by telling tales.

We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can.

The poet uses the results of science and philosophy, and generalizes their widest deductions.

I was most incorrigibly devoted to versifying, and all my spouse's wholesome admonitions had no manner of effect on me; in short, I believe this scribbling itch is an incurable disease.

Most people are more comfortable with what is familiar. I’ve spent my life doing the opposite.

That a good fit between parental handling and child temperament is vital to help children adapt to the imperatives of their society is a crucial concept that can be applied to other cultures.