I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.

I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.

I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.

If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life.

You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song.

Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

I believe that music is God's voice.

The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they are saying. It's a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.

Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.

It's when I'm feeling blue that I think of my little color pink.

An educated person would know that holding a degree will not make you entitled to a better job nor a better salary than someone who has no degree.

My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.

Coaching is destined to be the leadership approach of the 21st century.

Unlike films, which can be easily disseminated worldwide via DVDs and the Internet, plays struggle to find an international audience.

There is a long and interesting tradition of really marginal left-field music that becomes commercially successful. And I will, for a brief minute, fit into that tradition.

By day I was a slave; by night, I was a prince.

It's real hard to come up with something unique. We've seen just about everything over the last 10 years.

We always welcome when somebody says he or she is ready to work with Russia.