I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout.

I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.

I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.

Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.

I think good art does come from a dark place.

My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.

Once I discovered music, I knew what I wanted to do.

If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around.

If you want something you just have to see it and believe in it and not take no for an answer.

Maybe we're standing like coins on the edge?"Allie considered this. "Meaning?""Meaning, we might be able to shake things up a little, and find a way to come up heads.""Or tails, " suggested

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation.

Sustainability is about profit...it is the opportunity of the century

If we do what we think is right, not try to point-score, people will begin to trust us.

The pain of life overrides the joy to the point that joy does not exist.

I am here; be nourished by me. Eat me, drink me; be nourished by me. Let me become a part of your being, then I will be available forever and forever. There is no other way.

There has been no case made - based on anything other than speculation - that Iraq poses a threat.

Life is a vacation from two eternities.

So our virtues lie in the interpretation of the time