I write songs to handle emotional pain. I guess what they say is true: with every heartache comes a great song. I also pray and have great friends.

You have to take chances.

Have compassion towards each other, including animals. Love and respect every living being on this planet - a key factor to a greater society.

I truly believe anything is possible if you fully manifest it.

The more I've walked through tough times, the stronger I've become.

Pure passion equals love.

Cruelty towards animals and child abuse make me feel vulnerable. I wish there was more I could do. I try to spread positive messages through my social media.

I have removed a lot of negative influence in my life and try to surround myself with positive people. I have a much more simple life than the old days.

Have compassion towards each other, including animals.

Performing is always my biggest rush. The energy is boundless from a great crowd.

Creating music, visual art, producing music and film are always at the forefront of my life.

Cars did not kill off horses. Digital publishing will not kill off books.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

I am so much of a mind now to be in the audience, to watch and to experience, and to feel, rather than having to get up and perform, I want my life to be less about performing.

Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.

Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.

I learned early on how to treat women by the examples that were set around me.

Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh, why can't I?

When you walk through that door of opportunity you don't slam it shut behind you.

The gossip is like chocolate - a small indulgence in an otherwise serious diet.

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.