It would be so nice to write songs that end up being timeless.

When you put on music, just feel it; it's a different sense. I walk around with music in and it can just change my world in seconds.

The weird thing is, I used to skate in front of, like, 5,000 people and I was never nervous, but the first time I got on stage, there were four people there and I vomited.

I wouldn't not listen to something because it was country. I usually listen to stuff that friends give me, if I admire their taste.

When you get together in a group, it becomes like a family, with the different personalities and the politics that comes with being in a band. It's different than bringing something in by yourself.

Over time, naturally, you lose your innocence from gaining knowledge. You can't be innocent forever, but there's something in innocence you need to regain to be creative.

You dress her in a wet T-shirt and make her carry the bags? Damn, Cade, I like how you roll" - Rok

The night before, a whole day could have shape and design. But when it was upon you, it could vanish tragically to air.

I've tried word processors, but I think I'm too old a dog to use one.

To Strauss the composer I take off my hat; to Strauss the man I put it back on again.

We're constantly told that running will ruin our knees and outrage our hearts, but for nearly all of human existence, it was associated with freedom, vitality, and eternal youth.

Cities like Detroit exist because they occupy important sites. In the case of Detroit, it sits on a river between two great lakes - very important and strategic.

Education is that human process of feeling your body mature, feeding your mind with ideas that it never had before, or information you never had. You simply cannot do that on a computer.

Man is the only animal who enjoys the consolation of believing in a next life; all other animals enjoy the consolation of not worrying about it.

Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering and self-mastery.

Jesus was much more interested in the quality of the people's response to him than in the quantity of the crowd.