Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can't have it both ways.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

The guitar is your first wings. It's assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.

There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.

Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.

One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart

Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It's a decision.

Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.

Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you're part of the solution.

Music rearranges your molecular structure.

My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.

Appearances, beauty, value and life have their unique mysteries and essence. I prefer that essence to be breathing with humility, honesty, compassion, respect and a timeless love.

It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed the deeper they burn.

People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that.

The State of Israel will prove itself not by material wealth, not by military might or technical achievement, but by its moral character and human values.

I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.

There are many kinds of beauty as people who possess it.

The human brain is special. It starts working as soon as you get up and it doesn't stop until you get to school.

The facts don't always reveal the truth, but the truth always reveals the facts.

I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.