Music and books were my inspiration too. I read avidly as a kid. And that's the beautiful thing about books and music and even movies, is that you can actually escape. You can go into other worlds.

I don't think Bono decided to be ambitious, he just is. But if this country ever ran out of electricity, just shove a plug up his hole and it would run for a week.

As I'm getting older, I'm getting funkier. So that's what I'm wearing. Funky shoes.

I'm actually quite modest. All I want is a nice car. All I want is a drink at midnight on Sunday night and I'll be a very happy man.

I've always as a performer on stage tend to sort of throw myself into the character, whatever I've written about, so it depends on how I'm writing or what I'm writing about.

I like a fine wine. Who can beat that? I don't think it helps writing; I think it's a hinderance. It helps numb you.

I get anxious but worry doesn't really do any good. If something is broken or in trouble, you've got to bend down, pick it up and fix it. Worry just makes us get wrinkles. So try not worrying.

Friday was added to my nickname because I have a talent of getting on with most people. So it's a bit of a man Friday thing.

From the mud of adversity grows the lotus of joy

How much had I missed in these months of despair and numbness?

Ah, if only I had brought a cigar with me! This would have established my identity.

The best way to prepare for any moment in the future is to be fully conscious in the present.

The only people brave enough to vote out this corrupt establishment is you, the American people.

The Montana sunset lay between the mountains like a giant bruise from which darkened arteries spread across a poisoned sky.

Shamanism is not a religion. It’s a method. And when this method is practiced with humility, reverence and self-discipline, the shaman’s path can become a way of life.

The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.

The blues are real important. It's where most of the hard rock n' roll came from.

[At age 92:] There are places I'd like to return to. But not as I was then but as I am now. 'Cause I'm trying to understand. And I've understood nothing.