In times of distress strengthen your heart.

The truth hurts like a thorn at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose.

War begins like a pretty girl with whom every man wants to flirt and ends like an ugly old woman whose visitors suffer and weep.

Ingratitude to man is ingratitude to God.

Life is like a guitar and the combination of chords are called moments. Playing them is the called living the moments.

Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.

Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, "Yeah, songwritin' man," looking wistful. That wasn't me - those kinds of people put me off.

Don't be a person of success, be a person of value.

I grew up idolizing these men, like Arnold Schwarzenegger. I loved Sly (Stallone). I loved Bruce Willis. These guys embodied everything that action was in the 80s and 90s.

I like music with soul and passion and the good of humanity. As long as it has those things, I'm all the way in.

Art, in the artist, is proportion, or, a habitual respect to the whole by an eye loving beauty in details. And the wonder and charm of it is the sanity in insanity which it denotes.

There's a great universe just next door.

The philosopher is he to whom the highest has descended, and the lowest has mounted up; who is the equal and kindly brother of all.

Music is a big gift opportunity.We have to have our best offers disposed to capitalize on that.