Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.

No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

It's better to have three broken engagements than three divorces.

It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up.

I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

L.A. to me feels like music industry, and Nashville to me feels like music community.

I'm standing in the desert, waiting for my ship to come in.

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

Even if times got bad, he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be happy even if the present was painful. He would allow himself dreams.

Get-rich-quick schemes are for the lazy & unambitious. Respect your dreams enough to pay the full price for them.

Politeness decrees that you must listen to be kind intelligence decrees that you must listen to learn.

I wanted to be a radio announcer.

We were disliked by the press in the early days because they couldn't put their finger on us, and that was the case with Zeppelin as well.

We're not thinking straight if we say we want to be like Jesus but we don't want to go through anything Jesus went through!

She's been through growing up without a mother & makes my heart all of a sudden.

If you want it, become it.

I feel like nobody can stop me off the dribble. At crunch time, we're looking for somebody to score and I definitely want to be the guy who has the ball in his hands.

Happy endings make me puke.